A Chinese Coast Guard ship, left, uses water cannon and sideswipes a Philippine fisheries vessel on a research mission near one of three sandbars called Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea ...

The Philippines joined the recently-concluded coast guard drills of the United States and Japan in what experts see as a ...

Around the world, autocratic client states like Cuba are sustained by Beijing’s money and technology in exchange for access, ...

THE PHILIPPINE military is ready to defend the country against foreign aggression, its top general said on Thursday, in what appeared to be a response to Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s remarks ...

Last week, Chinese coast guard vessels rammed and shot water cannon at Philippine ships in the South China Sea. The incident was well within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone and was ...

The US Navy's objective of deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region pertains to Taiwan, as stated by Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Stephen Koehler during the South China Sea Conference on Tuesday, as ...

As South Korea's election nears, Lee Jae-myung's approach to U.S.-China relations sparks debate, highlighting the ...

News about South China Sea, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

MANILA >> Amid increasing hostilities in the South China Sea — a busy waterway through which more than a third of all trade ...

A British aircraft carrier is expected in the South China Sea on a rare deployment next month, diplomats say.Satellites captured two H-6 planes flying over the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal ...

The U.S. military and its allies have been operating in the South China Sea to uphold what they call "freedom of navigation and overflight."USS Nimitz—the oldest American aircraft carrier in ...

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing's shadow in the disputed South China while fighting isolation on remote islands. Beijing claims virtually the entire waterway, ...