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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
Palace to Beijing: What exaggeration? Facts speak for themselves
The Philippines has been presenting nothing but facts to reveal China’s massive reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), and it is up to the global community to determine its implications on the ...
- May 17, 2015
China wants naval drills with Southeast Asia in S. China Sea
China’s defense minister said on Friday that he is willing to hold joint drills in the disputed South China Sea with Southeast Asian countries, covering accidental encounters and search and rescue, striking a conciliatory ...
- October 17, 2015
Phl to build naval base near Spratlys
The military’s top priority is to build a naval base on the country’s western coastline, opposite the disputed Spratly islands, although plans have been delayed by funding bottlenecks, Armed Forces chief Gen. Gregorio Pio ...
- May 13, 2015
US carrier group patrols South China Sea
A United States aircraft carrier strike group has begun patrols in the South China Sea amid growing tension with China Over control of the disputed waterway and concerns it could become a flashpoint under the new US ...
- February 20, 2017
G7 hits large-scale reclamation at sea
The leaders of the Group of Seven nations issued a communiqué on Monday voicing opposition to island-building and other coercive activities in the West Philippine Sea, South China Sea and East China Sea. “We strongly oppose ...
- June 10, 2015
China can deploy warplanes on artificial islands anytime
China appears to have largely completed major construction of military infrastructure on artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea and can now deploy combat planes and other military hardware there at any time, ...
- March 29, 2017
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
Vietnam calls for self-restraint in disputed sea
Vietnam and Australia called on Wednesday for “self-restraint” in the South China Sea and warned against the unilateral use of force, an obvious reference to China’s increasingly aggressive presence that has stirred concerns ...
- March 20, 2015
China lighthouses beckon in Spratlys
The next time the United States sends warships by China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, officers aboard will have to decide how, if at all, they will engage with a pair of giant lighthouses that Beijing ...
- October 19, 2015