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by Christian Shepherd (Reuters) – China’s navy carried out drills in the South China Sea to simulate fending off an aerial attack, state media said on

By David Tweed (Bloomberg) — China has landed a military plane on the last of its three airstrips in the disputed South China Sea, a

by Philip Wen (Reuters) – In full military uniform President Xi Jinping presided over the Chinese Navy’s largest-ever military display on Thursday,

SYDNEY, Feb 13 (Reuters) – A British warship will sail through the South China Sea next month to assert freedom-of-navigation rights, British Defence

SHANGHAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed territory claimed by China in the South China Sea earlier in the week, U.S.

By Jennifer Jacobs and Andreo Calonzo (Bloomberg) U.S. President Donald Trump offered to help resolve territorial disputes in the South China Sea as he entered

By Michael Martina BEIJING, Nov 3 (Reuters) – China hopes the United States can “help and not cause problems” in the disputed South China

BEIJING, July 25 (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry has urged a halt to oil drilling in a disputed part of the South China Sea, where Spanish oil

by Yeganeh Torbati (Reuters) A U.S. Navy warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam on Sunday in an

BEIJING, March 3 (Reuters) – A new Chinese cruise ship has embarked on its maiden voyage to the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state

By Peter Apps March 1 (Reuters) – For much of the last week, the U.S. aircraft carrier Carl Vinson has been patrolling the South China Sea. It is just

By Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina BEIJING, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The PLA Navy is likely to secure significant new funding in China’s upcoming

By David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China said it had the right to act in its own territory in the disputed South China Sea, pushing back after

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – A Chinese warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by a U.S. oceanographic vessel in the South

(Bloomberg) American military vessels and aircraft carried out more than 700 patrols in the South China Sea region during 2015, making China the U.S.’s No. 1

By Idrees Ali and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – A U.S. navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on

By Rosalind Mathieson (Bloomberg) — The risk of a clash in the South China Sea lies with non-military ships, Singapore’s defense minister said, as

by Martin Farrer (TheGuardian) China has sent a coded warning to the United States to stay out of the South China Sea dispute after Beijing was again

By Roberta Rampton (Reuters) U.S. President Barack Obama pressed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Saturday on territorial disputes in the