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Beijing denies island-building in South China Sea
There was "no such thing" as man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, China's Defense Ministry said on Thursday, and reiterated that any building work was mainly for civilian purposes. The building has included ...
- April 1, 2017
PH, US, Japan hold war games
The Philippines on Monday opened separate but simultaneous naval exercises with US and Japanese forces off Palawan, an island that is not from the disputed Spratly archipelago, where China's rapid creation of seven artificial ...
- June 23, 2015
Vietnam offers Spratlys soverignty cruise
Vietnam is offering scores of patriotic citizens the holiday of a lifetime with a cruise to some of Asia’s most hotly contested islands, in a move likely to stoke its simmering dispute with Beijing over South China Sea ...
- June 6, 2015
China warned Philippine planes to leave disputed areas, official says
China has warned Philippine air force and navy planes at least six times to leave areas around the disputed South China Sea, the Philippine military commander responsible for the region told a Senate hearing on Thursday. ...
- May 8, 2015
US, China navy chief set talks on South China Sea
The Chinese and US navies are set to hold high-level talks over tensions in the South China Sea after a US warship challenged Beijing's territorial assertiveness in the disputed waterway this week. The US chief of naval ...
- October 30, 2015
China's land reclamation alarms US senators
Leading US senators expressed alarm on Thursday at the scale and speed of China's land reclamation in the South China Sea and said a formal US strategy was needed to slow or stop the work. In a letter to US Secretary State ...
- March 21, 2015
Du30: I trust China won't build on shoal
President Duterte on Thursday said he trusted China would not build anything on Panatag Shoal because he was given its “word of honor” and Beijing would not want to jeopardize a new friendship. “Let me tell now, I was ...
- March 24, 2017
China militarization in SCS to have consequences - US
The White House warned China on Thursday of consequences over its growing militarization in the South China Sea. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the comment when asked about US intelligence reports that there ...
- May 5, 2018
China's State Companies Cementing Lucrative Role In South China Sea
Beijing’s giant state-owned enterprises are playing an increasing role in China’s build-up in the South China Sea and could seek to cement their dominant position in coming years, according to new research. The work by ...
- August 10, 2018
China installs rocket launchers on disputed reef
China has installed rocket launchers on a disputed reef in the South China Sea to ward off Vietnamese military combat divers, according to a state-run newspaper, offering new details on China’s ongoing military build-up. ...
- May 18, 2017