Category: South China Sea

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to use this week's unprecedented trilateral summit with the leaders of the Philippines and Japan to send a clear warning to China not to push too far in the South China Sea, according to an exclusive report by Financial Times correspondent Demetri ...

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone for almost two hours with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Tuesday. The conversation covered all the current hot spots in the increasingly acrimonious relationship between the two countries. While bilateral issues dominated the discussion, ...

Tensions in the South China Sea are poised to increase significantly when the U.S. and Japanese navies join the Philippines for joint patrols in contested waters that China also claims. News of the proposed joint naval maneuvers was leaked to ...

Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang provided fresh assurances on Tuesday to his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena that Beijing will assist Colombo in its debt restructuring process. Gunawardena is visiting Beijing this week and raised the issue of Sri Lanka's $7.1 billion outstanding loans owed to Chinese creditors. 

U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, provided fresh assurances to his Filipino counterpart Gilberto Teodoro Jr. that Washington stands ready to support Manila should tensions escalate with Beijing over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The two defense chiefs ...

Three of the largest, most powerful governments in the Asia-Pacific region weighed in on Tuesday on the deteriorating security situation in the South China Sea, and condemned Beijing for its use of force against Filipino vessels. South Korea and Australia issued ...

The Chinese and Philippines governments each lodged official protests with one another over last Saturday's confrontation in the South China Sea when China Coast Guard vessels used high-powered water canons against a small Filipino boat conducting a resupply mission. On Monday, 

The Chinese Foreign Ministry fired back at critics in the U.S. and the European Union after both expressed support for the Philippines following last Saturday's confrontation with the China Coast Guard in the South China Sea. Spokesperson Lin Jian on Monday ...

The Filipino news network GMA acquired exclusive cell phone video shot aboard the Uniazah May 4, a Philippines civilian resupply boat, that shows the moment when China Coast Guard water canons blasted the much smaller vessel. Several crew members aboard the Filipino ...

Japan is one of the few Asian governments to issue a public statement of concern about the recent confrontations between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo published a five-point statement ...

The Chinese government warned the Philippines that if it continues to challenge Beijing's sovereignty over disputed territories in the South China Sea, Beijing will take "resolute and decisive measures." China's Defense Ministry issued the warning on Sunday, one day after 

A familiar pattern is beginning to set in after the increasingly frequent confrontations at sea between China and the Philippines: Japan and a group of Western governments, led by the U.S., immediately condemn China for its "dangerous manoeuvers," while governments in Southeast Asia remain noticeably quiet. ...