The United States increased its activity in the South China Sea last year to “varying levels” as it moved to strengthen its presence in the region, but its rise was hampered by the number of ...

BEIJING, March 29 (Reuters) - China's military said it had conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday, the day U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's commitment to ...

Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have serious consequences for U.S. interests and propose measures to both prevent and mitigate them. The risk of conflict in ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

China claims almost all the South China Sea - through which $3 trillion in commerce moves annually - overlapping with sovereignty claims by the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has discovered an oilfield in the South China Sea with proven reserves exceeding 100 million tonnes, Xinhua news agency ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. greets U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on his arrival to the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, March 28, 2025. Credit: X/Pete Hegseth China ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The United States, Japan and the Philippines staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness Friday off ...

China has called on the United Kingdom to respect its interests in the South China Sea and avoid provoking tensions in the region. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning made the call on ...

Troops overseeing the South China Sea will remain on high alert and defend national sovereignty, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has said, while condemning joint drills by the ...

HONG KONG, March 28 (Reuters) - China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in ...