China's coast guard sailed within a few dozen miles of the Philippines' Palawan Province while continuing to patrol waters ...

Tensions over Scarborough Shoal have increased markedly since the middle of last year, when Beijing and Manila reached an ...

The May 19 airdrops at Second Thomas Shoal by the Philippine military sparked a race by the Chinese coast guard and Philippine ... ruling that invalidated China’s expansive claims in the South ...

Maritime tensions between China and the Philippines were in the spotlight at the Munich Security Conference, with former ...

A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet of a Philippine patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the the South ...

Second Thomas Shoal, part of the disputed Spratly Islands ... a grounded warship that has been closely monitored by China’s coast guard and navy in a yearslong territorial standoff.

A Philippine plane warned a Chinese military helicopter over the South China Sea that it was "flying too close," as tension ...

Journalists on the Philippines’ plane filmed the helicopter coming dangerously close. Beijing has become increasingly ...

The South China Sea is an important shipping route that holds significant oil and gas reserves.

OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea — A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet of a Philippine patrol plane on ...

and the Second Thomas Shoal, where a grounded Philippine navy ship has served as a territorial outpost since 1999 but has since been closely watched by Chinese coast guard, navy and suspected ...