As China’s carrier force expands, East Asia's seas are becoming familiar grounds for close encounters between opposing ...

Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

China appears to be reviving its now-familiar “gray zone” tactics — subtle, nonmilitary maneuvers to expand control without ...

The U.S. and its Philippine ally are also planning special forces training in the closest province to China-claimed Taiwan.

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Cambodia has completed expansion of its main naval base, largely financed by China. The project has some worried China will use it to exert influence on the contested South China sea.

Espionage accusations between China and the Philippines risk escalating bilateral tensions, with fallout expected to spill into economic ties and dampen Chinese investment in the Southeast Asian ...

Meanwhile, Japan’s Joint Staff Office reported the People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong CSG sailed back into the South China Sea on Thursday ... While the Chinese military was wrapping ...

BANGKOK--The United States and the Philippines are conducting joint air and maritime patrols in the South China Sea, which come as ... of growingly aggressive Chinese activity in the area.

A Chinese H-6 bomber flies east of the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, on Mar 24, 2025. (Photo: Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS) The timing of the flights was unlikely to ...

ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea (AP) — The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a ...