Missiles are a key tool for China to prevent or restrict U.S. naval forces from entering and operating in the Pacific.

BANGKOK (AP) — China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India ...

A recent report surprised when it showed high and upper-middle income countries accounted for 76 percent of Chinese loans ...

Structures on the artificial island built by China in Cuarteron Reef in the Spratly Islands, seen on October 25.Ezra Acayan/Getty Images China and several of its neighbors have claimed parts of the ...

China operates the world’s largest navy by hull count, allowing it to expand its military presence and assert its influence.

China recently launched the state-sponsored Tianditu.cn or "Map World," the country's homegrown answer to Google Maps. While it's an impressive initial effort, the mapping system does resemble ...

The sharp decline in Chinese stock markets on Monday is a reminder of two things. The first is the continued fragility of the Chinese market. The second is that any economic dysfunction has political ...

China's space agency released an amazingly detailed map of the moon this week, marking the best view yet of the lunar surface as seen by a Chinese spacecraft, according to state officials. The new ...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY "Lifestyle-Philippines-China-Spratlys-diplomacy" by Mynardo Macaraig Kalayaan Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon points to a map showing the island of Kalayaan, which means "Freedom" in the ...

A rarely seen 400-year-old map that identified Florida as "the Land of Flowers" and put China at the center of the world went on display Tuesday at the Library of Congress. The map created by Matteo ...