But because Luconia Shoals is a lot closer to the Malacca Strait than Fiery ... AMTI stated that China already has 20 outposts in the Paracel Islands and seven in the Spratlys, but in a bid to ...

China Coast Guard vessels maintained a near-daily presence in several disputed areas in 2024: Luconia Shoals (359 patrol days), Vanguard Bank (354), Scarborough Shoal (313), Second Thomas Shoal (263), ...

Luconia Shoals (359 patrol days), Vanguard Bank (354), Scarborough Shoal (313), Second Thomas Shoal (263), and Thitu Island (241). A new pattern of patrols has also been observed at Sabina Shoal ...

Even tiny, sparsely populated islands that export close to nothing. Among the countries and territories listed on sheets of paper that were distributed to reporters in the White House Rose Garden ...

The CCG patrols focus on five key locations: Luconia Shoals, Vanguard Bank, Scarborough Shoal, Second Thomas Shoal, and Thitu Island. The first two are key to China’s efforts to block Southeast Asian ...

China’s continuous presence at the Luconia Shoals does not come close to matching the scale of its activity farther north in the disputed Spratly Islands, where Beijing has deployed dozens of ...

This was not mere rhetoric — for the first time, at least one CCG vessel patrolled Malaysian waters around Luconia Shoals every day of the year ... now the fourth-largest outpost in the Spratly ...

China’s military buildup in the southern portion of the first island chain poses a serious threat to Taiwan ... is to penetrate through the Sulu Sea running from the South Luconia Shoals (南康暗沙), ...

The number of days Chinese ships patrolled near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, where the Philippines maintains a garrison, increased to 279 from 232, while those at Luconia Shoals ...

In their first bilateral dialogue about managing maritime issues, the neighbours exchanged 'in-depth' views, Chinese foreign ...

“While China’s presence at Luconia Shoals is continuous, it doesn’t come close to matching the scale of activity farther north in the Spratly Islands, where Beijing has deployed dozens of ...