US missile system will remain in the Philippines despite China’s alarm
Two Philippine officials say that American and Filipino security officials have agreed to keep a U.S. mid-range missile ...
Sri Lanka’s new leader must balance ties between regional powerhouses India and China
The Marxist lawmaker who won Sri Lanka’s presidency faces a key challenge in how to balance ties with his country’s two most ...
Targeting China, US deploys medium-range missile system to the Philippines
Armed with a Tomahawk missile, the system is capable of striking the South China Sea, all of mainland Southeast Asia and ...
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Tensions Soar as Chinese Helicopter Confronts Philippine Aircraft Near Scarborough Shoal
A Philippine fisheries bureau aircraft conducting a patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal was shadowed by a Chinese navy ...
China's PLA Sends South China Sea Commander to US
China’s defence ministry on Monday confirmed that General Wu Yanan, who heads the PLA Southern Theatre Command, met with US Indo-Pacific commander Admiral Samuel Paparo during the Indo-Pacific Chiefs ...
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A weak and delusional Biden at the UN
It’s part of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s broader plan to turn most of the international waters of the South China Sea into its own maritime possession. If Xi succeeds, he’ll be able to extract ...
China Gaslights the World About Its Aggression in the South China Sea | Opinion
The CCP's aggression in the South China Sea encapsulates a broader worldview, one in which might makes right and Beijing does ...
Leaked communique increases China-Malaysia tensions over South China Sea
The decisive factor that has brought the Philippines to the brink of war with China, while Malaysian relations with China ...
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Tensions are rising in the South China Sea
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One of China's neighbors says it's pulled a key patrol vessel out of the South China Sea after a 5-month standoff
The Philippines says it's withdrawn one of its key patrol vessels from waters around the disputed Sabina Shoal, where ...
US Trains for Drone War in Contested South China Sea
China has also been spotted deploying drones over the South China Sea. On August 2 and 7, the Chinese military sent a WZ-10 ...
Philippines Says 'We Have Not Lost' South China Sea Reef After Pullout
The Philippines insisted on Monday that it had not given up a South China Sea reef, two days after it pulled out a ship stationed there following a months-long standoff with rival claimant China.