Newsweek

‘Confrontation’ in South China Sea as US Ally Challenges Beijing

A standoff occurred between the Chinese and Philippine coast guards off the Philippine province of Palawan, according to ship-tracking data shared by a maritime analyst on Tuesday. Newsweek reached ...
The Diplomat

China Won’t Stop Playing With Fire in the South China Sea

China has once again pushed its South China Sea dispute with the Philippines to the brink of death. On August 11, a destroyer from China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) came dangerously close ...
Military Times

US to build fast boat base near South China Sea

Philippine Fast Attack Interdiction Craft maneuvers as it participates in a joint Philippine military drill Nov. 6, 2024, at the disputed South China Sea, Philippines. (Aaron Favila/AP) In a seeming ...
The Diplomat

How Should South Korea Respond to China’s ‘Yellow Sea Project’?

Republic of Korea Coast Guard vessel #3006 in company with U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719) during the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum in August 2007. Credit: United States Coast ...
Yahoo

China claims an island in the South China Sea. Satellite images show Beijing's growing power-hungry struggle in the region.

Map of where the Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands are located in the South China Sea.Business Insider Tensions continue in the South China Sea, most recently between China and the Philippines.
Wall Street Journal

China, Philippines Make Rival Claims in Disputed South China Sea

Chinese coast guards were seen brandishing axes and knives in a skirmish with Philippine forces in a disputed area of the South China Sea. Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines – Public Affairs ...
War on the Rocks

Beijing’s South China Sea Campaign of Intimidation Has Run Aground

During a June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Steve Koehler declared that despite an ongoing campaign of intimidation ...
The Economist

America and China circle each other in the South China Sea

IT HAS BEEN a tense final deployment for USS Nimitz, America’s oldest aircraft-carrier and one of the world’s largest. On October 26th one of its helicopters went down in the waters of the South China ...
Bloomberg L.P.

China Asserts Sovereignty Over Disputed Reef in South China Sea

China has asserted sovereignty over an uninhabited reef in the South China Sea by planting a flag, according to state media, setting the stage for an escalation of tensions with the Philippines over ...
Newsweek

China Warns US Ally in Sea Dispute

Beijing has pushed back after the Philippines' defense chief accused China of "aggression" in the South China Sea. "The Philippine side's remarks are a complete distortion of black and white, and a ...
Forbes

U.S. Navy Jet And Helicopter Crash Into South China Sea: Crews Rescued

A Navy fighter jet and a helicopter crashed into the South China Sea in two separate incidents on Sunday, the Pacific Fleet said in a statement, a set of accidents that come just months after the Navy ...