Coral surrounding the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島) could become extinct in two years, conservationists warned on Thursday, after a study showed that starfish have devoured 19 percent of the ...

The incident occurred in a marine national park administered by Taiwan in the Pratas Islands, known in both Taiwan and China as the Dongsha Islands. Pratas Island, the largest in the group ...

Taiwanese coast guard cutter the Taichung sprays Chinese fishing vessel Yue Shen Shan Yu 11366 with a water cannon near Pratas Island in the South China Sea on May 5.

Taiwan’s Coast Guard sprayed water cannons at a Chinese fishing vessel that had illegally entered its waters near the Dongsha (Pratas) Islands. The incident, which took place on May 3, marks a rare ...

Hsieh said Taiwan has been alarmed by a recent uptick in Chinese activities around the Pratas Islands, an atoll controlled by Taiwan and protected as a marine reserve that lies strategically at ...

travelled north through the waterway after passing through waters near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas islands. During the previous 24 hours, Taiwan’s military detected 15 Chinese military aircraft ...

The group was heading north after it passed through the waters near Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands. The Ministry of Defense said that the Chinese vessels, led by Liaoning - the oldest aircraft ...

Taiwan also controls the Pratas Islands in the northern part of the South China Sea, and both China’s air force and navy regularly operate nearby to assert Beijing’s territorial claims over ...

In the South China Sea, the isolated atoll of Pratas (Dongsha) Island off Guangzhou offers potential reconnaissance value for Beijing, while Itu Aba (Taiping) is the largest naturally formed island in ...

If I was worried about the PLA seizing anything to punish Taiwan, it would probably be Pratas Island, which is less than a day's transit from Xiamen and even closer to Shantou. pic.twitter.com ...