China is working on completing a third airfield in the South China Sea despite the fact that it previously said that it had stopped its construction activities, which the United States and a number of regional nations have demanded stop.
China claims to have stopped its efforts to build artificial islands in the contested Spratly Islands of the South China Sea as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry beseeched China to stop the reclamation works calling them "problematic."
China has blamed the United States for rising tensions in the South China Sea because the United States has increased naval and air patrols while China continues to make artificial islands, some of which house military equipment.
The Chinese government has reiterated in some of its strongest language yet that it will not back down from its controversial claims in the contested South China Sea.
The United States accused China of placing artillery on islands it is building in the South China Sea, as Japan and the European Union beseeched all parties involved in the complex showdown to let cooler heads prevail.
Soldiers from the Philippines and Vietnam sent a warning to China about its aggression in the South China Sea in an unusual manner, a game of football.
China has logged an official complaint about spy plane flights in the South China Sea at the same time the Philippines is demanding greater US involvement just days after a harrowing showdown between the Chinese and US navies.
The Chinese Navy urged a US surveillance aircraft to leave the area as it patrolled over disputed territory in the South China Sea.
Vietnam has joined China in the race to stake territorial claims in the South China Sea by building artificial islands.
