China has published new details of its claims to a contested shoal in the South China Sea in the latest clash over maritime territory with the Philippines. Officials from the Chinese foreign ministry shared new coordinates for what it considers to be the ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed two laws reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories and right to resources, including in the South China Sea, where the new laws clash with Beijing’s extensive territorial claims.

BEIJING (AP) — China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.