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The U.S. pivot to Asia imposes the largest strategic cost to Beijing while providing the greatest reassurance to allies and partners.

What does Beijing want in the South China Sea? The answer is control.

A top officer of the U.S. Navy reaffirmed Washington's commitment to defending a group of Japan-administered islets in the East China Sea under a bilateral security treaty, while taking the rare step of naming China as a potential aggressor. "We will clearly defend them if ...

China has nearly finished a giant coast guard ship and will probably deploy it armed with machine guns and shells in the disputed South China Sea, the Global Times reported, dubbing the vessel "The Beast." China Coast Guard vessel 3901, with a 12,000 ton displacement, ...

Two China Coast Guard vessels, one of which is equipped with what the Japan Coast Guard said were guns, briefly entered Japanese territorial waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Friday. The intrusion occurred at around 2:20 p.m. and the ...

Only sustained pressure from China's neighbors can persuade Beijing that its future lies in cooperation, not confrontation.

The stakes are getting higher in the U.S. and Japan's "game of deterrence" with China.

China’s air force said Friday its planes flew over the Miyako Strait, near Okinawa Island, as part of a exercise in the western Pacific Ocean.

The Chinese military is weighing the regular use of unmanned aircraft to monitor the East China Sea, a move that may exacerbate tensions with Japan over the Senkaku Islands, a Chinese document on Beijing's use of drones showed Friday. The document, compiled in October, suggested ...