The $2.7 billion infrastructure giant – one of four built by China across Ecuador – is not only riddled with thousands of cracks but is at risk of systemwide failure, according to local engineers.

China certainly does. It has been building manmade bases over some of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea since 2014, much to the annoyance of other powers in the region—the Philippines ...

Yet, for Vietnam, standing up to China’s coercion in the South China Sea is a matter of national pride and sovereignty. As the South China Sea dispute continues to evolve, Vietnam will face ...

That focus was highlighted by recent French naval deployments and the passage of the British aircraft carrier group, supported by Dutch and U.S. vessels, through the South China Sea. The Biden ...

China built a village in territory also claimed by the kingdom of Bhutan, echoing its aggressive tactics at the border with India and in places much farther away. By Steven Lee Myers Just in time ...

These ships Sea Ice [海冰] 722 and 723 will be used primarily in the Bohai and Yellow sea areas for aiding ships in distress, search and rescue of personnel, patrol, escort, climate change research.

Building physical things is still a key part of internet geopolitics. China’s Belt and Road Initiative is an often-cited example, but other countries spend on this too.

Revealed: China's Reasons for Island-Building in the South China Sea By Shannon Tiezzi For the first time, China's Foreign Ministry went into detail on the purpose of land reclamation in the South ...