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Vietnam Accelerates Artificial Island Expansion in Spratly Islands, Challenging China
29 Aug 2025 03:42 GMT
… artificial land in the Spratly Islands group, and a fresh … rebuild in this disputed archipelago.
Since the start of … the archipelago.
The Spratly chain comprises more than 100 small islands and … east
– Ray Powell
The Spratly Islands are an integral part …
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Vietnam challenges Chinese dominance with new fortified Spratly island bases in South China Sea
27 Aug 2025 15:32 GMT
… artillery rocket systems in the Spratlys, providing rapid saturation strike options … global trade. Control over the Spratly Islands strengthens claims to vast Exclusive … most volatile maritime flashpoints. The Spratly Islands are no longer just scattered …
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Vietnam is taking a leaf out of China’s playbook to build fortified islands in the disputed South China Sea
29 Aug 2025 02:26 GMT
… in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new … and Planet Labs.
The Spratly Island chain consists of more … -tide elevations in the Spratly Islands have now been expanded … the AMTI report.
“The Spratly Islands are China’s inherent territory …
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Historical Record: How U.S. Warships Aided China in Recovering the South China Sea Islands
28 Aug 2025 23:28 GMT
… Zhudao, including the Nansha (Spratly) Islands and Xisha (Paracel) Islands, in 1939, placing … patrolling Leyte Island, Didu (now Zhongye) Island, Shuangzi Island, Nanji Island and other locations …
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Satellite Photos Show China Turning Artificial Island Into Military Base
28 Aug 2025 09:54 GMT
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Those claims extend to the Spratly Islands, where Chinese dredgers have created … land across seven reefs. The archipelago is also claimed—fully or … ;s largest artificial island in the contested Spratly Islands in the South … of tensions in the archipelago.
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Time-Lapse Shows Man-Made Island Created in Disputed Sea
27 Aug 2025 13:56 GMT
… effort in the contested Spratly archipelago of the South China … further militarization of the archipelago and the long-term … Canada Reef in the contested Spratly Islands, on August 1, 2025. … Monday: "The Nansha [Spratly] Islands are China's inherent …
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What Vietnam’s South China Sea island-building spree means for Asean
27 Aug 2025 05:45 GMT
… of artificial island construction in the disputed Spratly Islands has put … have been transformed into artificial islands at Alison, Collins, East, … had created medium-sized islands.
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Why the … s most pressing issues
The Spratlys, a scattering of reefs …
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The Philippines' South China Sea claims based on fabricated evidence
31 Aug 2025 08:30 GMT
… China's Nansha Islands (Spratly Islands) and the first to … side of the Philippine Archipelago, including the Luzon Sea … in 1930 delimiting the Philippine Archipelago. Upon gaining independence in … rights to the Spratly and Paracel Islands but does not …
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PH readies contingency plans if China crosses ‘red line’ at Ayungin Shoal
31 Aug 2025 07:21 GMT
… a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands. The shoal is located 105 …
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SCO: Vietnam's first participation in Xi's summit, in the shadow of Russia and India
30 Aug 2025 17:47 GMT
… arbitrarily set that includes the Spratly Islands, a hundred or so atolls … for months in a frenetic island-building race in the South … much artificial land in the Spratlys as China had,” the report … – the scale of Beijing’s island-building,” it added.
China is …
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