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Vietnam builds islands to counter threat of Beijing in South China sea
02 Sep 2025 18:52 GMT
… runways on three of the Spratly Islands — Fiery Cross Reef, … The Spratly chain is an archipelago of about one hundred islands, cays … Barque Canada Reef in the Spratly Islands, the most developed reef … about the report: “The Spratly Islands are China’s inherent …
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Rigging the Game: PRC Oil Structures Encroach on Taiwan’s Pratas Island
02 Sep 2025 18:15 GMT
… , or dismantlement of artificial islands, installations, or structures” … PRC has deployed on Spratly outposts (Johns Hopkins Applied … permanent structures near Pratas Island, which include seven … around Taiwan-administered Pratas Island, analysts used pattern- …
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Vietnam builds islands and military bases in South China Sea to counter threat from Beijing
02 Sep 2025 17:36 GMT
… the Spratly Chain, an an archipelago of about one hundred islands, … saying: 'The Spratly Islands are China’s inherent territory … construction activities on illegally occupied islands and reefs.
' … Reef, one of the Spratly Islands
A Philippine Navy AW- …
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Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
01 Sep 2025 09:52 GMT
… China Sea’s heavily militarized Spratly island chain.
Not one, not two … his way to Pag-asa Island — population 400 — which sits on …
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Will China boost defence posture as Vietnam deepens footprint in Spratlys?
01 Sep 2025 01:31 GMT
… Vietnam had stepped up island-building in the Spratly Islands.
Vietnam occupies the … most features on the contested Spratlys, which … Nansha Islands. Rival claimants over all or part of the archipelago include …
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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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PHL taking ‘strategic’ approach to UN General Assembly suit vs China
02 Sep 2025 18:45 GMT
… in disputed areas, including the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal.
Filing a …
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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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Submarines, warships, naval aircraft: Vietnam shows off maritime muscle at independence day parade
02 Sep 2025 10:32 GMT
… atoll in the disputed Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea … that it occupies in the Spratly Islands.
“As at March 2025, … three major artificial islands in the Spratlys and equipped them … by saying that the Spratly Islands have always been Chinese …
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