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In 2015, a group of American and Canadian tourists arrived in Addu, the southernmost atoll in the Republic of Maldives, seeking to visit some of the most remote islands in the world – Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos archipelago, 250 miles away. [1]
Analysis of satellite images has led researchers to believe the islands are almost finished. [2]
WASHINGTON — China has installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three of its outposts in the South China Sea, US news network CNBC reported on Wednesday, citing sources with direct knowledge of US intelligence reports... [3]
HANOI—A Chinese survey ship which has been embroiled in a tense, month-long standoff with Vietnamese vessels has headed away from Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a Washington-based think tank said on Wednesday. [4]
HONG KONG — China’s creation of artificial islands in the South China Sea is happening so fast that Beijing will be able to extend the range of its navy, air force, coastguard and fishing fleets before long, much to the alarm of rival claimants to th... [5]
HONG KONG / BEIJING — China’s first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing’s facilities in the disputed region are being completed on schedule and military flights will inevitably follow, foreign offi... [6]
HANOI — Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact on Saturday by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built on an artificial island in a contested part of the South China Sea. [7]
US media report Chinese missile deployments in disputed South China Sea islands YJ-12B anti-ship cruise missiles can strike ships within 295 nautical miles. [8]
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In 2015, a group of American and Canadian tourists arrived in Addu, the southernmost atoll in the Republic of Maldives, seeking to visit some of the most remote islands in the world – Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos archipelago, 250 miles away.
Analysis of satellite images has led researchers to believe the islands are almost finished.
WASHINGTON — China has installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three of its outposts in the South China Sea, US news network CNBC reported on Wednesday, citing sources with direct knowledge of US intelligence reports
HANOI—A Chinese survey ship which has been embroiled in a tense, month-long standoff with Vietnamese vessels has headed away from Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a Washington-based think tank said on Wednesday.
HONG KONG — China’s creation of artificial islands in the South China Sea is happening so fast that Beijing will be able to extend the range of its navy, air force, coastguard and fishing fleets before long, much to the alarm of rival claimants to th
HONG KONG / BEIJING — China’s first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing’s facilities in the disputed region are being completed on schedule and military flights will inevitably follow, foreign offi
HANOI — Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact on Saturday by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built on an artificial island in a contested part of the South China Sea.
US media report Chinese missile deployments in disputed South China Sea islands YJ-12B anti-ship cruise missiles can strike ships within 295 nautical miles.
Sun Lee China’s transformation of the South China Sea into an electromagnetic battlespace represents one of the most assertive and troubling steps in its long campaign to dominate the Indo-Pacific.
PATTAYA, Thailand – A moment of carelessness nearly sparked a serious fire in central Pattaya when a still-burning cigarette butt was thrown into a trash bin.