The Latest Breaking News from Mischief Reef

China's biggest island-building project in years: How Antelope Reef grew to 1,490 acres in months

Since October 2025, China has been transforming Antelope Reef, once one of its smallest outposts in the South China Sea's Paracel Islands, into what satellite data now suggests may become its largest artificial island anywhere in the region. By March 2026, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Washington-based Centre…

The Times of India · Jun 21

Satellite images reveal alarming scale of China’s military build-up in disputed South China Sea

Latest satellite images of Mischief Reef show sprawling runways, missile shelters, and large aircraft hangars

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

How an impasse in the South China Sea drove the Philippines, US closer

American troops are returning to the Philippines, in a policy that some fear may invite conflict with China.

Al Jazeera · Dec 30, 2023