Having spent years observing geopolitics in East Asia and in particular maritime security, over time one truth has become increasingly clear: the South China Sea is not just a contested maritime ...

HANOI, June 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink on Saturday said the situation in the South China Sea is deeply concerning ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines ... which are part of a key shipping route in Asia.

Drills in East Asia this summer by the U.S. military body charged with moving munitions and equipment will help it better ...

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea ... set of mini-confrontations in which China seeks to enforce its will on the sea while South-East Asian countries push back.

Chinese President Xi Jinping seems to be betting that America’s entanglement in conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East is ... in Asia — including in the South China Sea, through which ...

The East Asia Summit came on the heels of meetings of the Asean grouping, where the Philippines has led the charge in criticising Beijing’s actions in the hotly disputed South China Sea.

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia rejected on Wednesday a new Chinese map that claims waters off Malaysia’s coast in the South China Sea, in the latest ... disputes that South-east Asian nations are ...

Beijing has long clashed with Southeast Asian neighbours over the South China Sea, which it claims almost in its entirety, based on a "nine-dash line" on its maps that cuts into the exclusive ...

It was the latest attempt by China ... East Asian countries. Whether China and the US can safely contain the nerve-shredding contest is far from clear. A major redrawing of the map of the South ...