The Spratly Islands are a disputed group of islands, islets and cays and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia, and southern Vietnam. Read More
The Pentagon has called China's missile launch in the disputed South China Sea as "disturbing" and contrary to Chinese President Xi Jinping's pledge that he would not militarize the contested waterway. ...