Hainan, a palm-fringed island known as China’s Hawaii, sits in the warm tropical waters of the South China Sea east of Vietnam. It’s a popular tourist destination with soft-sand beaches ...

They referred to the Philippine name for the stretch of waters in the South China Sea closer to the Philippines' western coast. The Chinese military, referring to Scarborough Shoal by its Chinese ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

beginning in the South China Sea.” Major General Francisco Lorenzo, director of this year’s exercises for the Philippines, tried to downplay the perception that the military drills were aimed ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific that they will not be left alone to face increasing ...

China Conducts Military Patrol in South China Sea, Warns Philippines By Lewis Jackson and Jenny Su BEIJING (Reuters) -China's military said it had conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on ...

China's military presence gives it effective control. However, China is no longer the only nation building artificial islands in the South China Sea. Vietnam has greatly developed part of the ...

TALKS between the Philippines and China on their South China Sea dispute must be built on mutual trust to ensure progress, Manila’s defense chief said on Sunday, stressing that Beijing must first ...

The militaries of the US and Philippines have carried out joint drills in waters adjacent to the South China Sea claimed by ...

Philippine Marine Corps Photo The U.S. will upgrade a Philippine military base crucial for Manila’s South China Sea operations, including resupply missions to contested maritime features such as ...