Hostile Chinese warship steered within yards of US Navy destroyer
A Chinese warship steered within 45 yards of a US destroyer near the Spratly Islands this weekend in a manoeuvre that US officials have branded “unsafe”. The vessel “approached USS …
A Chinese warship steered within 45 yards of a US destroyer near the Spratly Islands this weekend in a manoeuvre that US officials have branded “unsafe”. The vessel “approached USS …
The Philippine and US armed forces have confirmed an increase in joint defence and security activities, including annual combat exercises. The number of joint security activities next year will rise …
The Chinese defense ministry has denounced flyovers by US B-52 bombers over the South China Sea as “provocative” actions. The Pentagon has confirmed that the bombers had taken part in …
China has warned that post-Brexit free trade could be affected after a British warship sailed past South China Sea islands claimed by Beijing. China was infuriated by the HMS Albion, …
Manila is in talks with Beijing about the retrieval of the Philippine Navy flagship that ran aground on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. BRP Gregorio del Pilar …
President Duterte’s spokesman has expressed concern about China’s possible deployment of nuclear weapons in the South China Sea. Speaking today (Thursday, August 23), Harry Roque said: “We are concerned about …
A Pentagon report has warned of China’s plans to introduce floating nuclear reactors into the disputed waters of the South China Sea. In its annual report to congress, entitled Military …
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has assured a British minister that the Philippines was committed to maintaining a rules-based system in the region. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) …
The Chinese Navy has been recorded threatening Philippine and US military aircraft operating over the South China Sea. A US Navy plane overheard China’s radio message to the Philippines during …
Eighty per cent of Filipinos disapprove of their government’s lack of action on the South China Sea issue, a survey has found. The latest Social Weather Stations poll, taken on …
Banners calling the Philippines a “province of China” appeared on bridges across Manila on the second anniversary of the UN’s ruling on South China Sea sovereignty. The terms “province of …
The guided missile destroyer USS Mustin stopped to rescue two Filipino fishermen who were stranded aboard a broken-down boat. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was conducting a routine patrol near Subic …
China will not give up “any inch of territory” in the Pacific, President Xi Jinping told US Defense Secretary James Mattis during a visit to Beijing. According to a report …
The Philippines has demanded that China stops snaffling the catch of Filipino fishermen in the disputed South China Sea. The remarks by President Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque were a rare …
President Duterte has said that the Army could topple him if he sent soldiers on a “suicide mission” against China over disputed islands. He made the remark as Beijing continues …
Just one day after US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis accused China of “intimidation and coercion” in the South China Sea, two nuclear-capable US bombers flew near the Spratly Islands. CNN …
France and the United Kingdom are sending warships to challenge China’s militarisation of the South China Sea. French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly and British Secretary of State for …
The Philippine Defence Secretary has echoed President Duterte’s defeatist stance on Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea. Delfin Lorenzana said the Philippines had no capability to defend the country’s …
A top US military official has said that “taking down small islands” is a “core competency” of American armed forces. Speaking during a Pentagon press briefing yesterday (Thursday, May 31), …
China has dismissed claims by US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that it is militarising the South China sea as “ridiculous” Mattis said this week that the US would push back …
A lawmaker has claimed that a Chinese helicopter harassed and endangered a Philippine Navy boat in the South China Sea. Speaking during a Congressional briefing on recent developments in the …
President Duterte is ready to declare war on China or any other country over Philippine sovereignty in the South China Sea, his Foreign Secretary has said. Alan Peter Cayetano used …
China sent warships to ward off US Navy ships sailing in the South China Sea, the country’s Ministry of Defence has announced. The guided missile cruiser USS Antietam and guided-missile …
The Philippines has started to counter Beijing’s militarisation of the South China Sea by updating its own facilities in the disputed waters. The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI, a US …
President Duterte has reiterated that he would never go to war with China, even amid the country’s show of military force in the South China Sea. The president made the …
President Duterte said the Philippines and China did not need to wage war over the South China Sea when they could share resources there instead. Duterte made the statement in …