China's sovereignty claims cover most of the South China Sea, overlapping with those of other regional powers.

History teaches that once coercion goes unchecked, it tends to escalate. Any disruption to our seaborne supply lines is a ...

Satellite imagery shows China landed two of its most advanced bombers in the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea ...

Former U.S. envoy Harry Harris warns China's steel towers in the Yellow Sea may signal territorial ambitions, akin to actions ...

As China pushes to dominate the South China Sea, it is increasingly willing to use force to drive out the Philippines, a treaty ally of the United States. In recent months, China’s tactics have ...

China has risen and it is not peaceful. For anyone doubting that the latest example has taken place in an obscure part of the South China Sea ... has sailing the seas. It is centered around ...

China views the East and South China Seas through the prism of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security. China’s Defence White paper, issued in 2019, declares, “South China ...

But further south, there is a second conflict brewing between China and another key ally of the United States - the Philippines. Under authoritarian President Xi Jinping, Beijing has continued to ...

As China continues its defiant attempts to colonize the contested islands in the East and South China Seas, the US has kept showing its military might to deter such expansionist ambitions.

Over the past 10 to 15 years, the South China Sea ... Islands in the East China Sea (ECS) are another concern for U.S. observers. PRC domination of China’s near-seas region—meaning the ...

The disputed atoll near the Philippines is a bit larger than Manhattan and sinks beneath the South China Sea’s surface at high tide. But diplomats and military officials pay close attention to ...

China’s focus in the Pacific and its interests in the East and South China Seas are driven in part by a desire to gain positional advantage in a war over Taiwan. Addressing an evolving Chinese ...