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But over the past two years, tensions have escalated precariously in another part of the South China Sea — the waters off the western coast of the Philippines where an international tribunal ruled the ...
China asserts sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, including the Spratly Islands, an archipelago with competing ...
Tuesday's maritime confrontation occurred when three Chinese coast guard ships challenged a group of Philippine vessels about ...
Maritime disputes across the vast South China Sea have ratcheted up in recent years as an increasingly assertive China militarizes disputed islands and confronts its regional rivals over their ...
Philippines, China clash could draw in U.S. The U.S. could be drawn into a conflict between China and the Philippines that's been roiling the South China Sea. A Philippine plane warned a Chinese ...
International court rejects China’s claims in South China Sea An international court ruled Tuesday that China has no legal basis for its jurisdictional claims in the disputed South China Sea. It ...
As the Philippines accuses China of ramming a ship, the White House warns something "much more violent" could happen in the South China Sea. Latest U.S.
China claims the feature, as it does most of the South China Sea, as its territory, citing historical rights, despite an international tribunal's 2016 ruling dismissing Beijing's sweeping claims.
By the late 1970s, the South China Sea had become one of the world’s most prominent trade routes, and Southeast Asian nations were discovering potentially lucrative oil and gas deposits.
Over the past 15 years, China has expanded its once-minimal military presence in the South China Sea into a significant one. Beijing has laid claim to nearly all of the strategic waterway, a vital ...
From Africa to the South China Sea, nations are scouring the globe for new, profitable energy ventures. In the Pacific Ocean, which covers 30 percent of Earth’s surface, ...
The South China Sea is widely seen as a potential flashpoint for global conflict, and the recent confrontations between Manila and Beijing have raised concerns among Western observers of ...
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