Years of ship-tracking data, flight paths and satellite images show a clear intensification of Beijing’s tactics across a swath of Asia.
Manila says it is, alongside allies, ready to "counteract" any attempt by Beijing to restrict flights in airspace over the disputed South China Sea.
China is ready to work with Asean countries to step up communication, stay clear of disturbances, and build consensus for an early conclusion of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea.
China has accused the Philippines of polluting the environment after it released footage it said showed troops burning rubbish at a disputed reef in the South China Sea. The video, published on social media by state broadcaster CGTN on Saturday,
Teodoro casts China’s actions in the South China Sea as a sinister plot to “restrict freedom of flights” and navigation. This is a textbook case of swapping the label on the bottle. Western narratives love to conflate China’s lawful activities in its own territories with “bullying” or “restricting freedom.
China has monitored a Philippine civilian vessel supplying a warship at the contested Second Thomas Shoal. China urges cooperation from the Philippines and to cease exaggerating tensions. The Philippine embassy in Beijing has yet to comment on the situation.
Foreign minister presents China as a source of stability in uncertain world and takes questions on US ties, Ukraine and the South China Sea.
Along with fulminating against the United States, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China's South China Sea claims, blasted Japan for its past aggression and covered a wide range of other issues during his annual meeting with journalists.
The Philippine defense secretary says his country and its allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defense zone or restrict freedom of flights over the South China S
Chinese warships have been circling Australias coastline, conducting live-fire drills near New Zealand in an assertive display of naval strength. This has stirred concerns across the Pacific, particularly as the US,
Beijing on Sunday said Canberra had “deliberately hyped” recent Chinese naval exercises near the Australian coast and confirmed its forces had used live fire in an incident th
Manila. The Philippines and its security allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defense zone or restrict freedom of flights over the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Wednesday, following confrontations between Chinese aircraft and those of his country, Australia and the United States.