There was no indication of threatening behavior, and no communications exchanged between the two craft, he said, but American anti-submarine aircraft monitored the Chinese vessel... READ MORE›
Near-misses between aircraft and naval vessels of the US and China are commonplace off the coast of China... READ MORE›
China claims territorial sovereignty to virtually all of the South China Sea, which includes some of the world's busiest trade routes... READ MORE›
Although the South China Sea stretches some 500 miles from mainland China, Beijing has claimed most of it... READ MORE›
U.S. adds muscle, seeks friends in South China Sea standoff... READ MORE›
Speaking earlier this month, officials in Beijing cautioned the US against provocative actions in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
U.s. chinese navy chiefs to discuss south china sea on thursday... READ MORE›
Relations have become increasingly strained over Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea, through which 5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year... READ MORE›
China also has three nuclear-powered submarines that can launch ballistic missiles, and may add five more, according to the Pentagon report... READ MORE›
Two Australian warships will also hold exercises with the Chinese navy in the South China Sea next week, Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne said on Thursday... READ MORE›
Official speaking last week described the patrols as an innocent passage operation, but later said that had been a mistake... READ MORE›
Guided-missile destroyer sailed close to one of Beijing's man-made islands in the South China Sea last week... READ MORE›
It is understood that during the meeting Australia confirmed to the US it would continue its naval operations in the South China Sea as usual... READ MORE›
Tensions in the South China Sea have mounted as a U.S... READ MORE›
Patrol last month within 12 nautical miles of an island China has built in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
It meets the intent to regularly exercise our rights under international law and remind the Chinese and others about our view... READ MORE›
Four of the ASEAN countries have claims to seas and islands in the South China Sea that clash with Beijing's own... READ MORE›
India u.s. and japan hold naval exercises under china's gaze... READ MORE›
Pentagon officials say the United States regularly conducts freedom-of-navigation operations around the world to challenge excessive maritime claims. China claims most of the South China Sea... READ MORE›
Relations have become increasingly strained over Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea, through which 5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year... READ MORE›
Rolling coverage of the South China Sea dispute... READ MORE›
McCain said the lack of additional U.S. patrols last year was disappointing yet hardly surprising... READ MORE›
China claims virtually the entire South China Sea and its islands, reefs and atolls as its sovereign territory, an assertion challenged by five other regional governments... READ MORE›
Australia has made clear its opposition to any coercive or unilateral actions to change the status quo in the South and East China Sea he said... READ MORE›
Aucoin said he could not give an estimate when he expected Chinese military jets to start operating in the Spratlys... READ MORE›
Beijing has invested billions developing its homegrown weapons industry to support its growing maritime ambitions in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean... READ MORE›
China has accused the US Pacific Command of militarising the South China Sea and endeavouring to sow discord between China and its maritime neighbours... READ MORE›
China has challenged reports that it deployed advanced surface-to-air missiles to Woody Island, Australia's foreign minister said on Thursday, as Beijing told Canberra to stop interfering... READ MORE›
It meets the intent to regularly exercise our rights under international law and remind the Chinese and others about our view... READ MORE›
Washington on Tuesday called a third U.S. Navy maneuver in a disputed part of the South China Sea a robust stand on freedom of navigation... READ MORE›
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