An American aircraft carrier returned to the South China Sea, while a Chinese "flattop" conducted another sea trial.

The Chinese navy is gradually extending its operational reach beyond East Asia, the Pentagon said in a report.

Philippine coast guard spokesperson Jay Tarriela wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the vessels—the Xiang Yang Hong 3, Xiang Yang Hong 10 and Jia Geng —were first observed on November 17, about 257 ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

"Wrong maps of China include those that omitted Diaoyu Island, Chiwei Islet, islands in the South China Sea, Taiwan and other places," said Wang Yang, a map editor at SinoMaps Press, during the ...

Over the past five years, tensions in the South China Sea have persisted at a rolling boil. Clashes at sea have involved both state and non-state actors, and standoffs and staredowns have ended with ...