Paracel Islands – Asia Times

China may turn South China Sea into AI‑triggered mine zone

by Gabriel Honrada September 1, 2025September 3, 2025

Chinese military scientists have proposed converting the treacherous underwater terrain surrounding the Paracel Islands into a strategic minefield to counter US naval operations in the South China Sea, according to a peer-reviewed study published in Technical Acoustics. The initiative, led by researchers from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Dalian Naval Academy and Harbin Engineering University, […]

Youthful Vietnamese migrants protest vs rulers back home

by Seb Rumbsby May 10, 2024May 13, 2024

China’s spurious claim to Lebensraum in the South China Sea

by Stephen B Young November 30, 2023November 30, 2023

South China Sea

China’s patient but insistent South China Sea grab

by Denny Roy June 13, 2023June 17, 2023

ASEAN’s last hope for regional security relevance

by Mark Valencia November 5, 2021November 10, 2021

US hints at modifications of FONOPs under Biden

by Mark Valencia February 11, 2021

Reaction to China’s military exercises hypocritical

by Mark Valencia July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

Vietnam could face blowback from legal row with China

by Mark Valencia June 26, 2020June 29, 2020

AT Finance, China, Northeast Asia

Let’s see just who really is the maritime expansionist

by Gregory Clark August 19, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, China, Vietnam

Ship rammed by Chinese on display in Vietnam

by Asia Times staff May 30, 2019February 18, 2020

Vietnam opens up about past clashes with China

by Xuan Loc Doan February 19, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, China, Vietnam

Blue hole in South China Sea is ‘world’s deepest’

by Ron McMillan January 23, 2019February 18, 2020

A Vietnamese naval soldier stands quard at Thuyen Chai island in the Spratly archipelago. Photo: Reuters/Quang Le

AT Finance, Vietnam

Is Vietnam adopting a tough South China Sea posture?

by Xuan Loc Doan January 18, 2019

Screen grab: China Central Television

Beijing, China, Middle East

China mobilizes ‘ship-killer’ missiles after US moves in South China Sea

by Asia Times staff January 11, 2019February 18, 2020

A Royal Marine boarding team is seen in front of the HMS Argyll, which has been involved in freedom of navigation exercises in the South China Sea plus naval exercises with allies such as the US, Australia and Japan, who share its concerns about Beijing claiming the South China Sea as its territorial waters. Photo: AFP / Ministry of Defence

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

British Navy seen only playing minor role in South China Sea

by Emanuele Scimia November 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A merged Chinese-Taiwanese flag. Image: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Why China and Taiwan agree on the South China Sea

by Bertil Lintner June 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustrative Editorial image using plastic toy soldiers and canons on a map of the South China Sea. Tensions and conflict in the region have been heating up in recent years. Trade wars will only make it worse. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

US struggles to counter Chinese maritime hegemony

by Brahma Chellaney June 14, 2018

An F18 fighter takes off from the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt while transiting the South China Sea, April 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Karen Lema

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Boil, toil and more trouble in South China Sea

by Richard Javad Heydarian May 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A flotilla of Chinese naval vessels in a live combat drill in an undated photo. Photo: AFP/China Out

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Is Beijing using ‘law of the jungle’ in South China Sea?

by Xuan Loc Doan May 22, 2018

Taiwan Air Force F-16 fighter flies alongside a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force H-6K bomber that reportedly flew over the Bashi Channel south of Taiwan in a drill.Photo: Taiwan Defence Ministry via AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Fear and loathing in Taiwan

by Gary Sands May 22, 2018

A Chinese Shaanxi Y-8 transport plane on display at a military theme park in Nanchang city in China's Jiangxi province on August 1, 2017. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, China, France, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Chinese military aircraft seen on Spratlys

by Bertil Lintner May 10, 2018February 18, 2020

PLA troops stationed on islands in the South China Sea will now have access to ultrafast telecom networks. Photo: Xinhua

PLA troops on islets to have free access to 4.5G network

by Asia Times staff February 5, 2018February 18, 2020

The USS Chafee, a destroyer. Photo: Reuters / Hugh Gentry

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

US ship ‘violated Chinese sovereignty’ in South China Sea

by Idrees Ali October 11, 2017February 18, 2020

The Hwasong-14 is seen in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

US-China relations more strained over North Korea, Taiwan

by Bill Gertz July 6, 2017

Under threat: A swirling school of jack fish in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. The island chain is part of 600 islands, reefs and shoals environmentalists consider a biodiversity "hotspot." Photo: Reuters/David Loh

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

Ecological hotspot under geopolitical fire

by Dan Southerland April 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks before soldiers during a visit to a military camp in southern Philippines, January 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Marconi Navales

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, World

As Duterte yields, his generals demur on China

by Richard Javad Heydarian March 24, 2017February 18, 2020