Category: South China Sea

Chinese maritime authorities increased their patrols in the South China Sea by 15% in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to new data from the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., particularly in waters contested by the ...

Beijing on Monday said a joint statement by the United States and Japan that condemned its "provocative activities" in the contested South China Sea "attacks and smears" China. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, despite an international ruling ...

Canada and the Philippines are in the final stages of negotiating a pact to allow them to deploy troops on each other's soil, the Canadian envoy to Manila said Sunday. Manila already has similar visiting forces agreements with the United States ...

China and Brunei are taking a step toward working together on oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, a development that has drawn attention though some experts suggest it may be more symbolic than substantive. In a ...

A surge in joint naval exercises in waters near the Philippines has drawn sharp complaints from Beijing, which accuses Manila of destabilizing the region by working with external powers. On Wednesday, forces from Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United ...

The skies over the South China Sea saw heightened military activity on Tuesday as the Philippine Air Force and the United States Air Force carried out a joint air patrol. This operation immediately drew angry response from China. Coinciding with ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Friday he is "very disturbed" by the surveillance of the country's military following a series of arrests of alleged Chinese spies. Five men were arrested last week after they allegedly used drones and high-resolution camera equipment ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stated on Friday that he is willing to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China ceases what he described as "aggressive and coercive behavior" in the disputed South China Sea. The U.S. ...

Coast guard and fishery officials from the Philippines, United States, Vietnam, and Indonesia practiced vessel boarding and arrest techniques at a joint maritime law enforcement training, the U.S. Embassy in Manila said Monday. The two-week course on the Philippines' southern island ...

The United States is pressing Vietnam to address its growing trade surplus while strengthening their broader strategic partnership against shared challenges, including China’s increasingly assertive actions in the South China Sea. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke ...

The Philippines said Saturday it had suspended a scientific survey in the contested South China Sea due to "dangerous" harassment by Chinese navy and coast guard vessels and aircraft. China claims nearly all of the disputed waterway, brushing off rival claims ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump's top diplomat denouncing Beijing's "coercive" moves. Rubio, a longtime China hawk, spoke with Wang for the first time by telephone at ...