September 28, 2020 11:34 am
The Maritime Safety Administration issued a pair of announcements blocking off seas around the area of the exercises running Sunday through Monday but gave no additional details.
September 10, 2020 4:40 pm
Although the U.S. lays no claim to the South China Sea, the Trump administration has recently imposed sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for Beijing's military buildup in the area.
August 25, 2020 12:01 am
Xi has urged China to eat less, and his people have embraced the great Indian fractional innovation, the half-plate
July 06, 2020 2:41 pm
Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the comments during a daily press briefing in Beijing in response to a question about two U.S. aircraft carriers conducting operations and exercises in South China Sea.
May 03, 2019 8:56 pm
The court was responding to a petition by fishing communities from two provinces who alleged that island-building by the Chinese state and Chinese fishing practices were violations of a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, in a case lodged and won by the Philippines.
July 04, 2018 10:55 am
Japan's growing visibility in those waters reflects concern it shares with the United States over China's military presence in a region through which trade routes pass that are vital to the Japanese and U.S. economies.
May 04, 2018 10:50 am
Chinese foreign ministry however stated that China has irrefutable sovereignty over the Spratlys and that necessary defensive deployments were for national security needs and not aimed at any country.
November 12, 2017 9:22 am
During his meeting with Vietnam's president Tran Dai Quang, Donald Trump acknowledged Beijing's position on the South China Sea was a problem
February 25, 2014 2:43 pm
A Chinese coast guard used its water cannon and sounded its horn to drive away two Filipino fishing boats near Scarborough shoal.
February 13, 2014 5:16 pm
US says it will support the Philippines over the South China Sea dispute with China, but hasn't spelt out what kind of help.