Whatever happens in the near term, it is obvious that there is a serious arms race occurring for dominance in the South China Sea.

The Philippines and Japan pledged to enhance their defense alliance through training exercises, logistical activities, ...

In September, Chinese government forces allegedly assaulted Vietnamese fishermen in the contested Paracel Islands, leaving ...

The live-fire exercises were a demonstration of China’s growing sea power in Australia and New Zealand’s immediate periphery ...

A Chinese military helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane over the South China Sea on Tuesday, in what observers said was the second incident of potentially ...

China is planning a massive deep-sea station 6,561ft below the surface of highly contested waters in the South China Sea. The research centre, described as a "deep-sea space station" in a report ...

“The Philippine side, with U.S. support and solicitation, has been stirring up trouble in many spots in the South China Sea,” Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China’s defense ministry, said on ...

China opposes Vietnam's construction activities on a disputed islet in the South China Sea known as the Barque Canada Reef, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Occupied by Vietnam since the ...

China accused Australia on Friday of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying the latter was spreading "false narratives," though ...