The China Coast Guard on Tuesday accused a Philippine coast guard vessel of repeatedly and dangerously crossing the navigation route of a Chinese ship near Huangyan Island in the South China Sea.

New satellite imagery, supplied exclusively to Newsweek, offers a first glimpse of a large Chinese sea rig that has raised alarm bells in South Korea.

Before leaving for Malaysia to continue his three-nation Southeast Asia tour, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said he has full confidence in the future of ...