Duty at the People's Liberation Army Navy Dong Island garrison in China's Xisha Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea, is a test of endurance. Chinese soldiers stationed there to defend ...

This bird eye view shows the coral reefs in China's Xisha Islands, South China Sea, June 1, 2011. The Xisha Islands lie in the middle of South China Sea, consisting of Xuande Islands and Yongle ...

Located 330 kilometers southeast of south China ’s Hainan Province, the Xisha Islands are one of four big island groups in the South China Sea, together with the Dongsha, Nansha and Zhongsha ...

H uaguang Reef, one of the expansive atolls in the Xisha Islands, is completely mature, stretching 31 kilometers from east to west and 12 kilometers from north to south. Positioned as a concealed ...

Yongxing Island, South China Sea -- China's largest fishery administration vessel arrived in the Xisha Islands around noon, officials on the islands said on Tuesday. Undated file photo shows ...

In the northwestern part of the sea, the Paracels – known as the Xisha islands in China – have been controlled by Beijing since 1974 despite claims from Vietnam and Taiwan. China’s ruling ...

Exactly 40 years after the 1974 Xisha Island Battle, a flotilla made up of ships from China's South China Sea Fleet set sail on January 20 from a military port in Sanya, South China’s Hainan ...

The Paracel Islands, called the Xisha Islands by China, are in the northern part of the South China Sea, east of Da Nang, Vietnam, and south of China’s Hainan Island. Named by 16th century ...

The four-day cruise is obviously more fun to some younger tourists who grew up reading “our beautiful Xisha Islands” in their school textbooks. A young girl from Hubei province said she always ...

China released a new map for its southernmost city of Sansha as the country works to consolidate its control over the strategically important waters of the South China Sea. The city comprises two ...

The Xisha Islands, also known as the Paracel Islands and as the Hoang Sa Archipelago in Vietnam, are a disputed archipelago of reefs and coral islands in the South China Sea. In its daily news ...

known in China as the Xisha Islands and claimed by Beijing, Taipei and Hanoi. However, the US Navy denied that it had been warned off. The PLA said that the American ship had entered China's ...