Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative

AIS data shows Beijing has increased its oil and gas operations in the East China Sea over the past year, building three new permanent structures and expanding exploration efforts in waters even more sensitive for Tokyo. https://cs.is/4ocLjJG

As China jumps back into island building, Vietnam has continued to expand its own outposts in the South China Sea. New imagery shows Hanoi is up to 2,771 acres of artificial land and is beginning to construct specialized infrastructure: https://cs.is/49hWc6I

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Ship tracking data shows that Beijing now maintains a regular coastguard presence around Taiwan-administered Pratas Island in the South China Sea. https://cs.is/3POSIld

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Antelope Reef may become China’s largest island in the South China Sea, reaching a record-breaking 1,450 acres of land reclamation. https://cs.is/4bmyRlO

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China’s maritime militia presence in the South China Sea reaches a record high in 2025, with deployments increasingly concentrated at Mischief and Whitsun reefs. See AMTI’s latest data: https://cs.is/4s4SCUv

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AIS data shows Beijing’s “central management platform” has relocated from the China-South Korea PMZ to Weihai shipyard, though two of its aquaculture cages remain. Get the latest updates from AMTI and Beyond Parallel: https://cs.is/4qVZ6Vq

AIS data shows that the nature of CCG patrols in the South China Sea has drastically changed in 2025: https://cs.is/3OcySPZ

AIS data shows Beijing’s “central management platform” leaving the China-Korea Yellow Sea PMZ—while two aquaculture cages remain. The latest data from AMTI and Beyond Parallel: https://cs.is/45WjZHV

China’s incremental deployment of marine observation buoys in and around the South Korea–China Provisional Measures Zone reflects its expanding maritime footprint in the Yellow Sea: https://cs.is/4qeHjby

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China quietly upgrades its Spratly outposts with new antenna arrays, ISR radomes, and mobile EW systems—expanding its ability to monitor and control the South China Sea. https://cs.is/4rDrRr0