Why US-China Tensions Are Growing in the South China Sea

China is increasingly challenging that status quo, using its growing military power to press long-standing ... quadrilateral drills in the South China Sea in what US Ambassador in Japan Rahm ... Read More

Chinese Vessels Detected Massing Near US-Led Military Exercise

Both Mischief Reef and Second Thomas Shoal sit within the Philippines' internationally recognized exclusive economic zone. China, which claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, has ... Read More

(Final sig tk) Rough waters in the South China Sea

Tensions in the South China Sea have grown more intense than at any time in recent years. China and a half dozen other countries that border the sea have competing claims over its islands, rocks, ... Read More

US, Japan, Australia and the Philippines to Stage Military Drills in Disputed South China Sea

US, Japan, Australia and the Philippines to Stage Military Drills in Disputed ... in a show of force Sunday in the South China Sea where Beijing’s aggressive actions to assert its territorial ... Read More

US, Japan, Philippines plan joint South China Sea naval patrols

The U.S., Japan and the Philippines will launch joint naval patrols in the South China Sea ... that Beijing and Manila could tip into open conflict. Beijing could also use those military outposts ... Read More

China: It patrolled the South China Sea in an apparent response to US naval drills

China’s military says it has conducted air and sea patrols and that all activities that “disrupt the South China Sea” are under control BEIJING ... of breaking news and live events ... Read More

China holds ‘combat patrol’ in South China Sea amid US-led war games

China has conducted military ... the US’s “ironclad” commitment to defending the Philippines against an armed attack in the South China Sea – to the consternation of Beijing. Read More

US, China hold military talks in Hawaii

US officials met Chinese counterparts in Hawaii to discuss safe operations. Biden managed tensions with Xi over South China Sea, agreeing to resume direct military talks. Both sides reviewed ... Read More

China conducts military exercises in contested South China Sea

China's military conducted 'combat patrols' in the South China Sea, coinciding with joint drills by the Philippines, US, Japan ... much to Beijing's displeasure. China asserts territorial ... Read More

US, Japan, Philippines eye cooperation on South China Sea

Planning is already underway for three-nation naval patrols in the South China Sea ... lead us closer to really, unintended consequences," the official said at a background White House press ... Read More

China says it patrolled South China Sea in apparent response to US naval drills

BEIJING — China’s military said Sunday that it had conducted air and sea patrols and that all activities that “disrupt the South China Sea” are under control, an apparent response to naval ... Read More

China says it patrolled the South China Sea in an apparent response to US naval drills with allies

FILE - A Filipino port worker looks as the Japanese Ship Akebono (DD-108), a Murasame-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, prepares to dock for a goodwill visit at Manila's ... Read More