The US has played an active security role in the South China Sea in recent years, but with China increasingly confrontational in the region, things could come to a head. US ships and aircraft have ...

China accused Australia on Friday of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying the latter was spreading "false narratives", though Australia ...

At first glimpse, it looks like a ghost ship anchored in the middle of the ocean, but this rusting, rat-infested former U.S. Navy warship is actually at the frontlines of an increasingly tense ...

China opposes Vietnam's construction activities on a disputed islet in the South China Sea known as the Barque Canada Reef, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Occupied by Vietnam since the ...

China asserted on Friday that its territorial claims in the contested South China Sea are supported by a series of international treaties that date back to as early as the 1890s.

China has slowly claimed and militarized disputed territory across the South China Sea, often at the expense ... and what the U.S. is doing about it. This series breaks down how the U.S. stacks ...

An unusual series of military exercises by Chinese warships in the sea between Australia and New Zealand has prompted ...

Not only do they contribute to the advancement of knowledge, but they also need to actively defend their country’s national interests… A step-change to Beijing's "lawfare" in the South China Sea ...