Beijing is deeply concerned about the internationalisation of the South China Sea dispute ... brought to you by our award-winning team. High-seas confrontations have intensified as Philippine ...

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Hours after Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as the president of South Korea early on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping extended a congratulatory message, emphasising that China placed “great ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -The Philippines is open to any additional agreements with Beijing that can help maintain peace in the South China Sea, its top diplomat said, amid unabated confrontations ...

A United States destroyer recently conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, challenging claims by China and other countries, the Navy told Newsweek. Newsweek also ...

The South China Sea. Since 1952, Beijing has claimed virtually the entire sea, everything inside what's referred to as the nine dash line. In 2023, China added a tenth dash off Taiwan.

The South China Sea, a conduit for about $3 trillion of annual ship-borne trade, remains a source of tension between China and U.S. ally the Philippines, with ties at their worst in years amid ...

the southern Japanese islands and the East and South China Seas, according to three regional security officials and documents of regional military activities reviewed by Reuters. Sign up here.

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a Chinese vessel passes shallow waters off Philippines-occupied Thitu island in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday June 7, 2025. (Armed Forces of the Philippines, Public Affairs Office via AP) ...

“China has a lot of trust-building to do to be an effective negotiating partner in dispute settlement,” he added. Manila and Beijing have repeatedly locked horns over disputed features in the South ...

(Armed Forces of the Philippines, Public Affairs Office via AP) FILE - Philippine-occupied Thitu island, locally called Pag-asa island on Dec. 1, 2023, at the disputed South China Sea, is seen ...