Dozens of Chinese research vessels are on a quest to map the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans.

Chinese customs officers in eastern Shandong province have seized 60,000 maps that "mislabelled" the self-governed island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. The maps, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China’s General Administration of Customs said officers in the coastal city of Qingdao intercepted the “problematic” maps during ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims. The ...

Land cover maps are widely used in climate modeling, biodiversity conservation, environmental assessment, and policy design.

Chinese vessels are mapping the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans, building detailed knowledge ...