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BEIJING, April 6 (Reuters) – China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near which a U.S. warship

By Nobuhiro Kubo and Tim Kelly YONAGUNI, Japan, March 28 (Reuters) – Japan on Monday switched on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a

by David Stanway (Reuters) Chinese ships left the port of Qingdao on Saturday to take part in naval exercises off the coast of Indonesia, China’s

KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 (Reuters) – About 100 Chinese fishing boats have been detected encroaching in Malaysia’s waters in the disputed South China

By Ben Blanchard BEIJING, March 8 (Reuters) – The South China Sea is one of the world’s freest and safest shipping lanes, Chinese Foreign Minister

By David Tweed and Ditas Lopez (Bloomberg) — China has stationed ships near a submerged reef in the South China Sea, blocking access by Philippine boats

By David Tweed (Bloomberg) — China may be building a high-frequency radar installation in the disputed South China Sea, posing a bigger threat to the

By David Tweed (Bloomberg) — China sparked new questions about its intentions in the South China Sea after it deployed surface-to- air missiles to a

By Rosalind Mathieson (Bloomberg) — China’s increased reliance on non-naval ships to assert its claims in the South China Sea is complicating U.S.

By Phil Stewart and Nathaniel Taplin WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI, Jan 30 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island claimed

BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that a $1-billion deepwater oil rig was not drilling in disputed territory

By Jonathan Saul and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON/SINGAPORE, Jan 15 (Reuters) – China’s growing military presence in the South China Sea has

By David Tweed (Bloomberg) — China has nearly finished a giant coast guard ship and will probably deploy it armed with machine guns and shells in the

By Yuji Nakamura (Bloomberg) — An armed Chinese government ship was one of three vessels that entered Japan’s territorial waters near disputed islands

TOKYO, Dec 23 (Reuters) – A Chinese coastguard ship equipped with what appeared to be four gun turrets was sighted near disputed islands in the East

BY TIM KELLY (Reuters) In a recent video U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander warns of a possible arms race in the disputed South China Sea which could

By Greg Torode and Manuel Mogato (Reuters) HONG KONG/MANILA – When an international court ruled in late October that it had jurisdiction to hear a case

by Michael Heath (Bloomberg) – Japan’s foreign and defense ministers reiterated concerns about China’s strengthening position in the South

By David Tweed (Bloomberg) – China refuted claims it is militarizing the disputed South China Sea, saying it needs to build facilities on

By Isabel Reynolds (Bloomberg) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told President Barack Obama he’ll consider sending the country’s maritime forces