Global trade through the South China Sea totaled 28 trillion U.S. dollars from 2008 to 2016, with annual value rising from 2.61 trillion dollars in 2008 to 3.37 trillion in 2016, a U.S. leading think tank said in a report on Friday.[More]
The Chinese Ministry of National Defense on Thursday said that the Chinese navy had coordinated with the U.S. search for a missing U.S. sailor in the South China Sea.[More]
The unmanned submersible "Faxian" is elevated from the sea aboard Chinese research vessel "Kexue" during an operation to detect a cold seep in the South China Sea, July 24, 2017.[More]
A total of 12 Chinese-developed underwater gliders are carrying out scientific observations in the South China Sea and sending back real-time data, according to a briefing on the research vessel "Kexue" Saturday.[More]
A project was launched Wednesday in China that will see researchers compile historical data obtained during expeditions to the South China Sea since the late 1950s.[More]
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