south china sea dispute

TAIPEI, June 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s coast guard said on Sunday that its ships had “expelled” four Chinese government ships that

TAIPEI, June 6 (Reuters) – Taiwan said on Saturday that a Chinese coast guard ship and a survey ship had carried out the first coordinated operation

BEIJING/HANOI, May 31 (Reuters) – China’s military and coast guard said they carried out patrols near disputed waters in the South China Sea on

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, May 24 (Reuters) – A Chinese coast guard ship left waters near Taiwan’s strategically located Pratas

The waters around Japan are writing the future of the Indo-Pacific, and China doesn't like what they're

By Ditas B Lopez May 3, 2026(Bloomberg) –The Philippine Coast Guard said four Chinese vessels were conducting illegal marine scientific research in

By Bloomberg News Mar 28, 2026 (Bloomberg) –China called on the Philippines to help create the conditions needed to stabilize and improve bilateral

Japan seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested its captain after the ship entered Japan's exclusive economic zone off Nagasaki and fled inspection—the

By Ditas B Lopez Dec 13, 2025(Bloomberg) –The Philippines said Chinese coast guard and maritime militia ships fired water cannons and used

By Manolo Serapio Jr. Nov 2, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The Philippines and Canada signed a visiting forces agreement on Sunday, the latest military pact

By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Saturday took aim at Beijing over an increase in “destabilizing

BEIJING, Nov 1 (Reuters) – China’s military said on Saturday it monitored and tracked a joint patrol organized by the Philippines in the disputed

By Karl Lester M. Yap Oct 12, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The Philippines accused a Chinese ship of deliberately ramming a government vessel in the disputed

Sept 12 (Reuters) – The United States stands with the Philippines, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, rejecting what he described

By Marcus Wong Aug 24, 2025 (Bloomberg) —Vietnam has sharply accelerated its island building efforts this year in the contested Spratly Islands in

BERLIN, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister on Sunday criticised what he called the “aggressive behaviour” of China in

A Chinese navy vessel collided with one of its own coast guard ships while pursuing a Philippine patrol boat in the South China Sea on Monday, according to

TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) – Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China’s maritime

By Neil Jerome Morales and Qianwei Zhang Jun 20, 2025 (Bloomberg) –China’s coast guard said it drove away a Philippine ship around Scarborough

BEIJING, June 15 (Reuters) – China’s military held joint sea and air patrols in the South China Sea on Saturday, a spokesperson for the