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US forcing China to accelerate South China Sea Deployments
China’s top newspaper, decrying Washington as a trouble-maker, said on Monday U.S. moves in the South China Sea like last week’s freedom of navigation operation will only cause China to strengthen its deployments in the ...
- January 23, 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, US warships face-off in disputed South China Sea
China expressed anger on Tuesday after a US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying it was resolutely opposed to an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty. ...
- October 3, 2018
PH, China OK joint SCS oil exploration
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua (center) and other Chinese foreign ministry officials return to their meeting with their Philippine counterparts on the second Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on South ...
- February 15, 2018
US warship sails near disputed South China Sea islands
A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Sunday, a US official told Reuters, potentially angering Beijing at a time of tense relations between the two countries. Beijing and ...
- October 2, 2018
US eyes intensifying naval patrols in South China Sea
The United States is considering intensified naval patrols in the South China Sea in a bid to challenge China’s growing militarization of the waterway, actions that could further raise the stakes in one of the world’s most ...
- June 4, 2018
South China Sea doesn't belong to any one nation - Pence
US Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday the South China Sea does not belong to any one nation and the United States will continue to sail and fly wherever international law allows, comments that is sure to rile China ...
- November 17, 2018