President Joe Biden greets South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right at Camp David. | Photo Credit: AP The United States prevailed on Japan and South Korea on Friday to use their strongest language yet in a joint statement to condemn China’s “dangerous and aggressive actions” in the … Read more
Journalists take pictures of a car with diplomatic plates and Chinese flag leaves the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The Philippine government summoned the Chinese ambassador on Monday to convey a diplomatic protest over the Chinese coast guard’s use of a water cannon against a Filipino supply … Read more
A Chinese J-16 fighter flys aggressively close to a U.S. RC-135 aircraft flying in international airspace over the South China Sea on Friday, May 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP A Chinese fighter jet carried out an “unnecessarily aggressive” manoeuvre near a U.S. military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace, the United States said on Tuesday. … Read more
This undated photo released by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on May 29, 2023, shows scrap metal and an old cannon shell on a Chinese-registered vessel after detained by MMEA in the waters of east Johor. The MMEA will also investigate if the barge carrier was involved in the looting of two British warship … Read more
The United States Navy on April 10, 2023, said its USS guided-missile destroyer Milius conducted a navigational rights mission in the South China Sea. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States Navy said its USS guided-missile destroyer Milius asserted a navigational rights and freedoms mission in the South China Sea … Read more
March 10, 2023 10:24 pm | Updated 10:24 pm IST – Over the Spratly Islands, Philippines An aerial view taken on March 9, 2023 shows a cargo vessel docked at Thitu Island in the South China Sea. – As a Philippine Coast Guard plane carrying journalists flew over the Spratly Islands in the hotly disputed … Read more
In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Communications Office, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (right) greets the crowd during his visit at Cebu city, central Philippines on February 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP The Philippine President said the main mission of his country’s military has changed to ensure the protection of its territory … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. review the honour guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on January 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has cited stable ties with China during a visit to Beijing in which he … Read more
The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 1, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. military says a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to an Air Force plane over the South China Sea, forcing the American pilot to maneuver to … Read more
Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) has confirmed that a Chinese military aircraft crashed into the South China Sea earlier this month. NSB Director-General Chen Ming-tong on March 10 confirmed that a People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) plane had crashed into the South China Sea on March 1, according to Taiwan News. Earlier there were … Read more