Obama urged to boost military ops in South China Sea
US Republican congressmen have urged President Barack Obama to order more military operations near disputed territories in the South China Sea, despite China’s earlier condemnation of the US...
View ArticleSouth China Sea dispute: Beijing plans floating nuclear power plants
Washington: China's quest to fence off a big chunk of the South China Sea may have just gotten another, powerful boost: plans for a fleet of floating nuclear power plants that could provide huge...
View ArticleUS accused of 'hyping up' military flights
China accused the US on Monday of "hyping up" recent military flights around a Chinese island in the South China Sea. It said Washington's motivation was questionable and urged countries concerned to...
View ArticleSouth China Sea: Top officials from China and US visit contested waters
Beijing: US Defence Secretary Ash Carter ramped up the tension over China's territorial claims in the South China Sea with a Friday visit to a US aircraft carrier in the disputed waters right after a...
View ArticleChina conducts massive drills in South China Sea
Chinese military has carried out a series of extensive military drills in South China Sea in a move which could trigger more tensions with its South Asian neighbors. China’s PLA Daily said on Sunday...
View ArticleTussle over plane; Russia backs China
Tensions in the South China Sea are rising, pitting China against smaller and weaker neighbors that all lay claim to islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters rich in fish and potential gas and oil...
View ArticleChina rejects US query on military flight to disputed island
China's defense ministry on Tuesday rejected queries by the US military as to why China had used a military aircraft to evacuate sick workers from a new airport on an island China has built in the...
View ArticleChinese military aircraft makes first public landing on disputed island
BEIJING: A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday, raising the...
View ArticleChina sends military singer to perform on South China Sea island
--> China sent the famous singer to perform patriotic songs before the navy officers. China's military this week sent a famed singer of patriotic anthems to perform before navy officers and...
View ArticleAshton Carter visits aircraft carrier in South China Sea
For the second time in five months, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter landed aboard a US aircraft carrier in the bitterly contested South China Sea, sending a deliberate message to China on US...
View ArticleChina rejects request for H.K. port call by U.S. carrier
ReutersWASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) — China has denied a request for a U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS John C. Stennis to visit Hong Kong, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday, amid...
View ArticleChina denies US aircraft carrier entry to Hong Kong amid tensions over...
Washington: China has denied a request for a US carrier strike group led by the USS John C. Stennis to visit to Hong Kong, the US Defence Department said on Friday, amid heightened tensions over...
View ArticleStorm clouds gather over South China Sea ahead of key UN ruling
BEIJING — A summer storm is brewing in the South China Sea. Evidence appears to be mounting that China is pondering another bout of island-building in the South China Sea, and the United States...
View ArticleSOUTH CHINA SEA WATCH: Will China build on disputed shoal?
Click photo to enlarge Protesters display placards during their rally outside the Chinese Consulate at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines Monday, April 16, 2012, to...
View ArticleChina lands first military plane on disputed island
Beijing landed a military plane on a disputed South China Sea reef it has built up into an artificial island, officials said yesterday, in the first confirmation of such a flight. A Chinese air force...
View ArticleChina lands first military plane on disputed South China Sea reef
China has for the first time landed a military plane on one of its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, upping the ante amidst a raging territorial row with countries like Vietnam and...
View ArticleU.S. "freedom of navigation" operations in South China Sea "very dangerous":...
This photo taken on Dec. 11, 2015 shows uniquely beautiful winter scenery of the Zhaoshu Island in theSouth China Sea. (Xinhua file photo/Zhao Yingquan) BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The so-called...
View ArticleIn South China Sea, US flexes military muscle
Beijing could react to the Pentagon's moves by taking more aggressive actions Over the last week in Asia, Defence Secretary Ash Carter has visited 2 aircraft carriers, revealed new military agreements...
View ArticleChina conducts military drills in South China Sea, Indian Ocean
BEIJING: Flexing muscles, China kicked off military exercises in the disputed South China Sea, east Indian Ocean and West Pacific involving advanced warships, helicopters and "special warfare"...
View ArticleSOUTH CHINA SEA WATCH: US, China build up presence, rhetoric
Tensions in the South China Sea are rising, pitting China against smaller and weaker neighbors who all lay claim to islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters rich in fish and potential gas and oil...
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