Category: South China Sea

The Philippines insisted on Monday that it had not given up a disputed South China Sea reef, two days after it pulled out a ship stationed there following a months-long standoff with rival claimant China. "We have not lost anything," Philippine ...

A Philippine vessel that spent months anchored at a disputed reef in the South China Sea has left the area, the national maritime council said Sunday. The Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Teresa Magbanua had been anchored inside the Sabina Shoal ...

By Ludovic Ehret China will "crush" any foreign incursion into its sovereign territory, including in the South China Sea, a senior Beijing military official said Thursday on the sidelines of a defense forum. Washington and ...

China on Wednesday said it held "candid" high-level talks with the Philippines on South China Sea issues, particularly over a disputed reef that has been the scene of recent bilateral clashes. Chinese vice foreign minister Chen Xiaodong met with his Philippine ...

A senior U.S. military official warned his Chinese counterpart against Beijing's "dangerous" moves in the South China Sea during the first talks between the commanders. Washington and Beijing remain at odds on issues from trade to the status of self-ruled Taiwan ...

Beijing insisted on Monday it was defending its "rights" in the South China Sea after the Philippines released footage appearing to show a Chinese coast guard vessel ramming one of its ships during an at-sea confrontation. Both countries accused each other ...

China and the Philippines on Saturday accused each other of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea, the latest in a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks. Beijing claims almost all of ...

The government of Panama has announced that it will start additional deportation flights for undocumented migrants from China, India, and Ecuador. The move is intended to stem migration flows into the United States. U.S.-financed deportation flights began earlier in August. (REUTERS) ...

By Isabel Kua and Matthew Walsh China's campaign of confrontation, from remote reefs in Southeast Asia to Taiwan and far-flung Japanese islands, is designed to wear down regional rivals competing with it for contested territories, analysts say.

By Faith Brown with Pam Castro in Manila Sailors aboard two Philippine Coast Guard boats crashed through South China Sea waves, shadowed by Chinese vessels as they attempted to bring desperately needed supplies to colleagues holed up on a ship inside ...

Felix Brender 王哲謙 Last week, tensions in the South China Sea escalated once again, with a collision between Chinese and Filipino vessels, as Manila accused the Chinese coast guard of intentionally ramming the Filipino boat. This incident is, of course, ...

By Cecil Morella The United States has offered to escort Manila's resupply missions to outposts in the disputed South China Sea, the Philippine military chief said Thursday, following Beijing's intensifying efforts to block them. General ...