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

"The South China Sea issue is not the entirety of China-ASEAN relations," said Wu Shicun, chairman of Huayang Center for ...

Nearly a quarter of global maritime trade goes through the South China Sea. In recent years, it’s become the site of clashes ...

China's coast guard said it took control measures against two Philippine vessels on Wednesday which it said "illegally intruded" into waters near Subi Reef and Sandy Cay in the disputed South China ...

Vietnam’s protest over a reef in the South China Sea also claimed by the Philippines and China could become a “new flashpoint” in the longer term, analysts said, adding that Beijing might ...

HANOI, May 3 (Reuters) - Vietnam has sent diplomatic notes to China and the Philippines to protest against their activities in contested South China Sea waters, and urging them to respect its ...

MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -The Philippines and China gave conflicting versions on Thursday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest incident in a ...

Expansionist China currently lays claim over almost the entire maritime region, one of the world's busiest sea lanes. But a United Nations-backed tribunal in 2016 deemed its claims groundless.

One of the permanent installations China has constructed in the area of China and South Korea’s overlapping EEZ claims in the Yellow/West Sea, Feb. 26, 2025. Credit: Korea Institute of Ocean ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

SINGAPORE: China’s national flag was recently unfurled on a disputed reef in the South China Sea by its uniformed troops, an act broadcast by state media in what analysts believe to be a first ...