NEAR MISCHIEF REEF, South China Sea — As the U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane banked low near Mischief Reef in the South China Sea this month, a Chinese warning crackled on the radio. “U.S. military ...

Recently published satellite images indicate that China may have deployed a tethered aerostat to Mischief Reef, the site of one of its artificial island bases in the Spratly Islands in the South China ...

MANILA (Reuters) - China has started dredging around the disputed Mischief Reef in the South China Sea, a Philippine navy commander said on Thursday, signalling Beijing may be preparing to expand its ...

A Newsweek timelapse compiled from a decade of satellite imagery shows how China transformed an artificial island in the South China Sea into a large military outpost comparable to an unsinkable ...

Two U.S. Navy warships transited near one of China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea on Monday in a freedom of navigation operation, according to a Reuters report citing official U.S. sources.