BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency, on Sunday released a report highlighting China's commitment to building the South China Sea into a ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their ...

Chinese Coast Guard members approach Filipino fishermen as they confront each other off Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Sept. 23, 2015. Last month at the conclusion of talks with ...

Recent incidents in the South China Sea have increased scrutiny of the Trump administration’s commitment to U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific. During Donald Trump’s first term, a pause in maritime ...

In 2002, ASEAN member-countries and China signed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea to ease tensions as well as ensure maritime disputes are peacefully addressed.

If China succeeded in dominating the South China Sea, the consequences would be immense: Beijing could potentially choke off trade and shipments to Japan, control access to technologies crucial to ...

In the East China Sea, China’s increasing challenge to Japanese control of the Senkaku Islands is spurring Japan toward rearmament, as it nearly doubles its defense budget. A day before Sullivan ...

Jay Tarriela, a spokesperson, said its mission was complicated by damage caused by China ramming it. It was part of growing tensions between the Philippines and China in the contested South China Sea.

China and the Philippines traded accusations on Thursday following a confrontation between two of their vessels in contested waters of the South China Sea, the latest incident in a long-running ...

The South China Sea has some of the world’s most productive fisheries, as well as shipping channels that carry about a third of global ocean trade. Surveys suggest that it may also contain large ...

The Haijing 5901 at anchor near the Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, in a photo released by the Philippine coast guard. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard. By Austin Ramzy.