There I was staring at a huge ancient sepia-toned map, ... a living document showing that the disputed territories belong to us and not to China. ... this 1734 Mother of all Philippine Maps was ...

The frame of reference for the 1900 Treaty of Washington’s definition of the Philippine territory was the Murillo Velarde map, which included the Spratlys and the Scarborough Shoal, But still, China’s ...

The Philippines has become the latest of China’s neighbors to object to its new national map, joining Malaysia and India in releasing strongly worded statements accusing Beijing of claiming ...

After a 2012 standoff with the U.S.-allied Philippines, China seized de facto control of the atoll, located about 140 miles west of Luzon Island and 700 miles from China's nearest province of Hainan.

A new map published by China that lays claim to almost all of the South China Sea has been rejected by the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and India.