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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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Sources
[1] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-18 · 32% match

Trump Endangers the Handover of the UK’s ‘Last Colony’

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.

[2] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-02-08 · 75% match

China’s man-made islands in South China Sea key to its hegemonic intentions

Analysis of satellite images has led researchers to believe the islands are almost finished.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-05-03 · 75% match

China Installs Cruise Missiles on South China Sea Outposts: CNBC Report

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

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-08-08 · 74% match

Chinese Ship Heads Away from Vietnam in South China Sea Standoff

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.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-02-20 · 71% match

China to Project Power From Artificial Islands in South China Sea

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

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-01-05 · 71% match

S. China Sea Tensions Surge as China Lands Plane on Artificial Island

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

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-01-04 · 71% match

Vietnam Protests after China Lands Plane on Disputed Spratlys

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.

[8] MM asianews.it · 75% match

US media report Chinese missile deployments in disputed South China Sea islands

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.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-12-26 · 37% match

China’s Electromagnetic Kill Zone: The Party-State’s Calculated Gamble in the South China Sea

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.

[10] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-10-25 · 31% match

Cigarette butt sparks fire in central Pattaya trash bin authorities contain blaze in time

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.

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