south china sea

US sends aircraft carriers to South China Sea during Chinese drills

July 04, 2020 12:51 pm

China and the United States have accused each other of stoking tension in the strategic waterway at a time of strained relations over everything from the new coronavirus to trade to Hong Kong.

US to provide ship to Vietnam to boost South China Sea patrols

November 20, 2019 3:30 pm

China claims 90 per cent of the potentially energy-rich South China Sea, but Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also lay claim to parts of it, through which about $3 trillion of trade passes each year.

India stands for freedom of navigation, over-flight: MEA on SCS tensions

August 29, 2019 10:01 pm

The assertion came amid tensions in the region over a Chinese survey ship antagonising Vietnam since July.

Vietnam briefs India about Chinese action in South China Sea

July 29, 2019 8:04 pm

An attempt by China in 2014 to drill oil in the Paracel islands, claimed by Vietnam, had led to anti-China riots in Vietnam in which several Chinese factories were vandalised.

US warship sails through Taiwan Strait stirs tensions with China

July 25, 2019 4:20 pm

China claims self-ruled and democratic Taiwan as its own and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under Beijing's control.

War with US would bring disaster to world: China warns as tension over South China sea rises

June 02, 2019 12:02 pm

China has been incensed by recent moves by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to increase support for self-ruled and democratic Taiwan, including U.S. Navy sailings through the Taiwan Strait that separates the island from mainland China.

China says US actions on Taiwan, South China Sea threaten stability

June 01, 2019 3:55 pm

In May, a US warship sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea, angering Beijing at a time of tension over trade between the world's two biggest economies.

China building on new reef in South China Sea, think tank says

November 21, 2018 3:51 pm

The strategic waterway is claimed almost in its entirety by China, whose continued building of military and other installations on artificial islands and reefs there has unnerved the region and angered Washington.

Raja Mandala: Battle for islands

November 20, 2018 12:54 am

From the Maldives to Papua New Guinea, the rise of China has pushed the Indo-Pacific back to the centre of major power rivalries.

US presses China to halt militarisation of South China Sea

November 10, 2018 9:31 am

During a round of high-level talks in Washington, the US and China aired in sometimes blunt terms many of their main differences, including a bitter trade dispute, freedom of navigation in Asia-Pacific waters and self-ruled Taiwan.

Exiled Tibetans criticise China for deploying missiles

February 19, 2016 8:11 am

Dharamsala, Feb 19 (ANI): Tibetans-in-exile on Friday criticised China’s move to deploy surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea. The recent move by China stoked tensions between China and its Asian neighbours and the US. Tibetan government-in-exile spokesman Tashi Phuntsok said the move shows that China has imperial ambitions. He added that since there are claims and counter claims over South China Sea, which is an important sea route, international conflicts are bound to happen. Meanwhile, another Tibetan parliamentarian-in-exile Yeshi Phungstok said China might have maritime ambition to approach the Indian Ocean.

US hosts ASEAN nations for first time

February 17, 2016 4:13 pm