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552 articles matching the search query.
China starts work on biggest ever civilian patrol vessel
Ship commissioned by Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration expected to go to sea in September next year.
Philippine, Chinese officials to meet on South China Sea oil deal
Negotiations had foundered over which country’s laws should govern exploration activities in the Reed Bank, where they have overlapping claims.
Indonesia mobilizes fishermen in stand-off with China
Indonesia will mobilize fishermen to join warships in the South China Sea to help defend against Chinese vessels, the government said on Monday, as the biggest stand-off with China for years escalated off Southeast Asia's largest country.
Indonesia issues protest to Beijing over Chinese vessel trespassing in Natuna
Indonesia has exclusive right to the zone, meaning Jakarta has jurisdiction over the exploration and exploitation of marine resources in the area. This right has increasingly been violated by China.
PLA’s Hong Kong garrison ‘sends message to protesters’ with harbour drill
Warships, speedboats, armed helicopters, infantry and special troops take part in joint air and sea exercise on Friday.
US warns China against trying to ‘coerce’ Taiwan after carrier operation
State department urges Beijing to abstain from actions that would jeopardise the island’s security after latest pre-election show of strength.
Malaysia FM: China’s ‘nine-dash line’ claim ‘ridiculous’
Foreign Minister Saifuddin says Malaysia’s decision to take South China Sea claim to UN is its ‘sovereign right’.
China’s aircraft carriers tipped to target foreign forces aiding Taiwan
The Shandong is expected to operate alongside the Liaoning to form a dual-carrier battle group to cut off access to independence forces on the island.
Can Malaysia solve its South China Sea dispute with China?
The recently announced bilateral mechanism has given rise to questions over the disputed waterway, where both countries have overlapping claims.
First made-in-China aircraft carrier Shandong officially enters service
The country’s second carrier is commissioned into the service by President Xi Jinping in Hainan province.
South China Sea: Vietnam urges Beijing to ‘show restraint’ in 2020
Earlier this year, Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts spent months in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, which Vietnamese diplomat called ‘very alarming’.
Beijing urges UN body not to consider Malaysian claim in South China Sea
Chinese permanent mission the United Nations says neighbour has ‘seriously infringed on sovereignty, rights and jurisdiction’.
US and ‘like-minded’ partners will maintain security in Asia
Admiral John Aquilino criticised China’s construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea.
Courting Russia with South China Sea oil: a risky gamble for Duterte
The Philippine president has invited the Russian oil giant Rosneft to explore for oil in the disputed waterway. Experts warn that could put the Philippines in the middle of a three-way tug of war between the US, China and Russia
US warplanes ‘on Beijing’s radar in South China Sea’
US Navy missions in disputed waters may get more public attention but flyovers have important role to play, senior military officials say.
Opinion | Stop Investing in China’s Brutality (Published 2019)
It’s time for pension funds and others to stop supporting companies that abet Beijing’s crackdowns on China’s Uighurs and Hong Kong’s protesters.
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows
Scientists devised a better way to calculate land elevations and their findings are dire: Far more cities will be inundated by climate change than previously thought.
China could use Trojan horse for Philippine energy security: senator
Risa Hontiveros vows to push for an investigation by the Senate into claims that Beijing can remotely control the electricity network, which the Chinese Foreign Ministry said were ‘completely groundless’.
U.S. warships sail in disputed South China Sea, angering China
U.S. Navy warships twice sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea in the past few days, the U.S. military told Reuters on Thursday, at a time of heightened tension between the world's two largest economies.
US gifts ship to Vietnam to boost patrols in disputed South China Sea
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper also vowed Washington would continue conducting freedom of navigation operations in the disputed waterway.
