Maritime clashes between China and the Philippines over contested waters in the South China Sea threaten the balance of power ...

Tensions in the South China Sea have erupted once again after a maritime clash between Chinese and Philippine vessels near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Tiexian Jiao. The incident, ...

Analysts say quiet incursions are part of a deliberate effort by China to normalise its presence in previously unpatrolled ...

The Philippines denied China's claim it seeks permission for supply runs to the warship-turned-outpost at Second Thomas Shoal ...

China and Southeast Asia must keep resolution of maritime issues ‘within their own hands’, Xinhua Institute research report ...

The United States’ antiship missile system NMESIS, or the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, will remain in ...

CHINESE vessels lingered near contested areas in the South China Sea last month, in line with China’s “swarming” and “gray-zone” strategies amid heightened regional tensions, the Philippine military ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

The Philippines is open to any additional agreements with Beijing that can help maintain peace in the South China Sea, its top diplomat said, amid unabated confrontations between them over disputed ...

Philippine Marine Private John Lloyd Lobendino scanned the deep blue waters surrounding Likas, a tiny speck of an island in ...

Deals have been struck before, with the Philippines and China last year reaching a "provisional arrangement" for resupply missions to the grounded vessel at the Second Thomas Shoal after repeated ...