Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South ...

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 ...

Credit: X/Pete Hegseth China’s military says that it conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday ... “What we’re dealing with right now is many years of deferred maintenance ...

ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea - The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to ...

PLA’s Southern Theatre Command conducted ‘routine patrol’, spokesman says, as Philippines and Japan hold naval drills with treaty ally US.

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 ...

China's military said it had conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday (March 28, 2025), the day U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's commitment to Manila ...

Philippines Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro warns of measures against China's attempts to impose an air defence zone over the South China Sea. Confrontations have intensified as ... in an interview ...

and the importance of maintaining a free and open Indo Pacific and South China Sea, including the freedom of navigation. I think it's in that context that we would welcome joint exercises. Q: Your ...