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US: China pushing sea claims amid COVID-19
China is using the coronavirus as a cover to push territorial claims in the South China Sea through a surge in naval activity meant to intimidate other countries that claim the waters, the commander of US Forces in Japan ...
- June 7, 2020
PH protests Chinese ships in WPS
The Philippines has expressed concern that some 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, were spotted on March 7 in the disputed South China Sea, the latest example of tensions in the crucial ...
- March 22, 2021
US warns of impunity amid 'bullying' in South China Sea
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called out bullying in the South China Sea on Monday and warned the U.N. Security Council that a conflict "would have serious global consequences for security and for commerce," ...
- August 11, 2021
Vietnam protests Beijing's 'fishing ban' in South China Sea
Vietnam protested on Friday what it called China’s unilateral fishing ban in the disputed South China Sea from May 1 to Aug. 16, weeks after it said Vietnamese boat had been rammed by a Chinese maritime vessel. “Vietnam ...
- May 9, 2020
Japan sends warships to South China Sea
Japan’s Maritime Self-defense Force conducted anti-submarine drills in the South China Sea on Oct. 9, deploying three vessels including a helicopter aircraft carrier and a submarine, according to the Japanese defence ministry.
- October 11, 2020
EU: China endangering peace in S. China Sea
The European Union called out China on Saturday for endangering peace in the South China Sea and urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of China’s claim to sovereignty in the sea, but which ...
- April 26, 2021
US to China: Attack on PH to trigger defense treaty
The United States on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to come to the Philippines’ defense, as it warned China anew that an attack on Philippine armed forces in the South China Sea would trigger the 1951 Mutual Defense ...
- July 13, 2021
China carrier sails amid tensions
Chinese aircraft carrier group conducted exercises near Taiwan as a mighty US naval strike force sailed into the South China Sea for maneuvers. The sailing on Sunday of the the Liaoning, accompanied by five escort ships, ...
- April 7, 2021
China ship rams Vietnam boat in South China Sea
Vietnam has lodged an official protest with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat it said had been rammed by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel near islands in the disputed South China Sea. The ...
- April 5, 2020
DFA chief spews profanity at China over sea row
The Philippines’ top diplomat on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China’s vessels get out of the West Philippine Sea, marking the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over its activities ...
- May 4, 2021