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India and the Philippines are celebrating 75 years of establishment of diplomatic relation. (PTI Photo)

Is India stepping in to China's maritime backyard? The answer is complex

August 07, 2025 5:03 pm

The recent sail with the Philippines is best seen as a gesture: One that signals India’s interest in regional stability and support for a partner under pressure, without upending its longstanding policy of cautious engagement

New deal establishes a hotline Chinese and Philippines presidents can use to stop clashes at sea

July 16, 2024 7:04 pm

The territorial disputes have persisted since last year, sparking fears of a larger armed conflict that could involve the United States, which has repeatedly warned that it’s obligated to defend the Philippines.

In this photo provided by Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine military chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. pins a medal on a Navy personnel.

Philippine ambassador warns of Asia-wide conflict due to South China tensions: The issues, explained

July 01, 2024 5:12 am

What is the conflict between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea? Why have minor clashes become more common here? What has the US response been?

Philippines must do more than protest China's actions in South China Sea: President Marcos

June 27, 2024 9:08 pm

The United States, which has condemned China's actions, reaffirmed its commitment to the Philippines in a telephone call between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Philippine counterpart on Wednesday.

Philippines says it did not consider invoking US pact over South China Sea clash

June 21, 2024 5:47 pm

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a call with the Philippines' foreign minister on Wednesday, "underscored the United States' ironclad commitments to the Philippines under the Mutual Defense Treaty.

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, Taiwan guided missile destroyer Ma Kong DDG1805, left, monitors Chinese guided missile destroyer Xi'an DDG15, right, near Taiwan on Thursday, May 23, 2024. Taiwan tracked dozens of Chinese warplanes and navy vessels off its coast Friday on the second day of a large exercise China's People's Liberation Army held in response to the inauguration of the island's new leadership

China ends war games, Taiwan details warplane, warship surge

May 25, 2024 12:36 pm

China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, launched the "Joint Sword - 2024A" exercises three days after Lai Ching-te became Taiwan's president, a man Beijing says is a "separatist".

Philippines Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro

Philippines says it will forge security alliances and stage combat drills despite China's opposition

May 24, 2024 5:37 pm

Since territorial hostilities with China surged last year in the South China Sea, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration has taken steps to forge new security alliances with a number of Asian and Western countries and allowed a US military presence in more Philippine bases under a 2014 defense pact.

Chinese coast guard blast Philippine boat

Chinese coast guard blasts Philippine boat with water cannon in disputed sea for 2nd time this month

March 23, 2024 5:59 pm

It was not immediately clear if the Philippine navy crew was injured, or whether their damaged boat, the Unaizah May 4, managed to maneuver past the Chinese coast guard blockade to deliver supplies to Philippine forces.

The shipyard near the former U.S. naval base at Subic Bay that was sold to the American firm Cerberus Capital Management in the Philippines

With an eye on China, Philippines moves closer to US interests

February 21, 2023 11:57 am

For years, the Philippines largely stood by as Chinese forces rammed its fishing vessels and occupied the reefs and shoals that once belonged to the Southeast Asian nation. Those days may soon be over.

Overwhelmed by Chinese fleets, Filipino fishermen ‘protest and adapt’

July 12, 2021 10:47 am

China’s coast guard has had ships anchored near Scarborough for almost a decade. Five years ago this week, an international court ruled that the territory was well within Manila’s exclusive economic zone, and invalidated China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea.