--- title: South China Sea | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/south-china-sea/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/south-china-sea/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # South China Sea ## South China Sea *  Oct 2, 2018 ## [China Sails Within Yards of US Destroyer in South China Sea](https://time.com/5412237/china-encounter-decatur-south-china-sea/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Eli Meixler *  Oct 1, 2018 ## [U.S. Warship Sails Near South China Sea Amid Tensions](https://time.com/5411238/u-s-navy-decatur-south-china-sea/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Eli Meixler *  Aug 1, 2017 ## [Xi Jinping Lauds New, Sleek Military on PLA's 90th Birthday](https://time.com/4881924/xi-jinping-china-pla-sovereignty/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Jul 3, 2017 ## [Beijing Hits Out at U.S. Navy Exercises in South China Sea](https://time.com/4843494/donald-trump-south-china-sea-xi-jinping/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  May 19, 2017 ## [Beijing Is Winning the Battle to Control the South China Sea](https://time.com/4785577/south-china-sea-us-china-control/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  May 9, 2017 ## [U.S. Navy to Continue Challenging Beijing in South China Sea](https://time.com/4771767/navy-trump-south-china-sea/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Ryan Kilpatrick *  Apr 26, 2017 ## [China Launches First Home-Built Aircraft Carrier](https://time.com/4755335/china-aircraft-carrier-naval-power/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Kevin Lui *  Apr 3, 2017 ## [Xi Jinping Set for Difficult Meeting With President Trump](https://time.com/4722468/china-xi-jinping-donald-trump-florida-mar-a-lago-north-korea/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Mar 15, 2017 ## [China Begins New Work in Disputed South China Sea](https://time.com/4701750/south-china-sea-paracel-islands/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Reuters *  Mar 7, 2017 ## [Chinese Authorities Want to Fly Tourists to Disputed Islands](https://time.com/4693102/south-china-sea-disputed-islands-tourists/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Ryan Kilpatrick *  Feb 22, 2017 ## [China Is 'Building Missile Structures' on Contested Islands](https://time.com/4678253/china-artificial-south-china-sea-islands-missiles/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Kevin Lui *  Jan 25, 2017 ## [Beijing Warns U.S. to 'Act Cautiously' Over South China Sea](https://time.com/4646253/beijing-us-south-china-sea/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Reuters *  Jan 24, 2017 ## [Trump 'Risks Dangerous Escalation' in South China Sea](https://time.com/4644651/u-s-vows-to-stop-beijing-taking-over-south-china-sea-islands/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Reuters *  Jan 13, 2017 ## [China to Tillerson: 'Prepare to Fight'](https://time.com/4634078/rex-tillerson-south-china-sea-donald-trump/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Dec 5, 2016 ## [On Taiwan, Donald Trump Lays Down the Gauntlet to China](https://time.com/4590139/china-taiwan-donald-trump-call-tsai-ing-wen/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/south-china-sea/","name":"South China Sea"}}]}] ```