Territorial disputes are threatening to spark deadly clashes that could have worldwide repercussions between China and some or all of its neighbors in the South China Sea — Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.RICHARDP.CRONINInvestors Business Daily...
China's increasing military presence in the Spratlys has stirred fears it could lead to an air defence zone, which would escalate tension with other claimants, and the United States, in one of the world's most volatile areas. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to have...
Many boats ran into trouble with the Thai pirates who prowled the South China Sea at that time. From The Daily Beast Days were wasted searching the South China Sea, not the Indian Ocean. From The Daily Beast There are lots of sources of tension in that relationship, notably in the South...
If there's going to be a military conflict between the United States and China, the thinking in Washington goes, it will most likely happen if China tries to invade Taiwan. But lately tensions have escalated precariously in another part of theSouth China Sea-the waters off the western coast ...
There is tension in the South China seas. China has embarked on huge projects where it is creating artificial islands in the sea, in what are known as land reclamation projects. U.S-China Spar Over New Islands "...underlines the global importance of the South China Sea through which one ...
The long-standing rivalry over maritime zones in the South China Sea will not be settled but may simmer down this year, analysts say.
ASEAN to Express Concern on South China Sea Tension: Burma Minister NAYPYIDAW — Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) chair Burma said the 10-member regional bloc will issue a joint statement calling for restraint over disputes in the South China Sea, after a Chinese oil rig pla...
BERLIN -- Germany will send two warships to the Indo-Pacific in 2024, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Sunday, amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan and over the disputed South China Sea.
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BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday said China will not allow the Philippines to act willfully on the South China Sea issue, while attributing the recent escalation of tension in the water to provocation by the Philippines. ...