Search
Now showing items 31-40 of 81
PH to rein in visitors to Boracay
The Philippines will limit the number of visitors setting foot on its most treasured island resort each day when it reopens to tourists on October 26 after a six-month rehabilitation effort, an environment official said ...
- October 4, 2018
British Navy warship sails near Beijing-claimed South China Sea islands
While the U.S. Navy has conducted Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) in the same area in the past, this British challenge to China’s growing control of the strategic waterway comes after the United States has said ...
- September 7, 2018
China accuses US warship of violating its sovereignty
China's foreign ministry has accused a US warship of entering its territorial waters without permission and said it would take "necessary measures" to ensure its sovereignty is protected. On the evening of Jan. 17, the ...
- January 21, 2018
China carries out missile drills in South China Sea amid heightened tensions
China’s navy carried out drills in the South China Sea to simulate fending off an aerial attack, state media said on Friday, as the country trades barbs with the United States over responsibility for heightened tension in ...
- May 16, 2018
China building on new reef in South China Sea-US think tank
China has installed a new platform on a remote part of the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea which could be used for military purposes, according to recent satellite images reviewed by a US think tank. The ...
- November 23, 2018
China stages show of force in SCS
Dozens of Chinese naval vessels are exercising this week with an aircraft carrier in a large show of force off Hainan island in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters show. The images, provided by Planet ...
- March 28, 2018
ASEAN urges restraint in South China Sea
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), at the end of a three-day meeting in Sydney, also tackled the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and agreed to work more closely to tackle the growing menace of ...
- March 19, 2018
US defense exec to PH: We’ll be your 'good ally' in disputed sea
The United States will be “a good ally” to the Philippines in responding to territorial conflicts in the South China Sea, a US defense official said. Randall Schriver, assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific ...
- August 18, 2018
NZ minister discusses south china sea with 'charming' Duterte
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully said he discussed the disputed South China Sea with a "charming" President Rodrigo Duterte during an informal meeting. McCully said the pair had a wide ranging discussion late ...
- November 24, 2018
China: we won't give up one inch of territory
China is committed to peace and won't cause "chaos" in the world, but cannot give up even an inch of territory that the country's ancestors have left behind, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. Defense Secretary Jim ...
- June 28, 2018