US Responds After Chinese Ship Rams US Ally in South China Sea

The collision is the latest in a series of escalations at Sabina Shoal, where China and the Philippines are engaged in a monthslong standoff. Read More

US is building allies network to counter China's threat, top diplomat to Taiwan says

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The United States is building a network of alliances in the Indo-Pacific to counter China's threats there, its top diplomat in Taiwan said on Wednesday, adding that the island was ... Read More

China's air force is again being called out for 'dangerous' moves over the South China Sea, this time for popping flares in front of a US ally's aircraft

A key US ally has ... skies above the South China Sea, saying two Chinese Air Force jets flew close to a Philippine transport plane and released flares in its flight path. It's the latest ... Read More

Xi offers African leaders more aid as China challenges US-led global order

Dozens of African leaders have descended on Beijing for a summit that signals China’s influence in a continent that it hopes will be a key ally in pushing back against a U.S.-led global order ... Read More

Tim Walz's long history with China

"As the events were unfolding, several of us went in," Walz ... the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled leader, and has been critical of China's aggression in the South China Sea. In a 2016 interview ... Read More

Chinese Warships Shadow U.S. and Allies in South China Sea

The daily news service of the U.S. Naval Institute reported ... Cooperative Activity in the South China Sea from August 7 to 8. The Philippines said Chinese warships were observed shadowing ... Read More

Chinese leader Xi meets with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday in Beijing, on a visit with the stated aim of keeping communications open between the two ... Read More

Collisions Tear Holes in U.S. Ally’s Ships as Tensions Flare in South China Sea

Photo: WSJ New flashpoints are emerging in the volatile South China Sea—bringing confrontations involving Beijing closer to the shores of a key U.S. ally in the region. In the dead of the night ... Read More

Why Are There Fears of War in the South China Sea?

Some Chinese sailors carried knives, and one Philippine sailor was injured. Here’s what’s happening in the South China Sea, and why it matters: The South China Sea has some of the world’s ... Read More

China got 'very dramatic' after the US military flew a new missile system out to the Western Pacific, ally says

China had a "very dramatic" reaction to the US deploying a new missile system in the Western Pacific, the Philippines' top diplomat said. The weapon in question is the Mid-Range Capability, or ... Read More

China’s Great Wall of Villages

Then Chinese officials built Qionglin, a village of cookie-cutter homes and finely paved roads, and paid people to move there from other settlements. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, calls such ... Read More