More Chinese have a negative view of relations with Japan amid territorial disputes in the East and South China seas, an annual survey showed Friday. The percentage of Chinese respondents who said the bilateral situation is "bad" or "relatively bad" rose to 78.2 percent from ...
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.
In the sometimes-testy rivalry between Washington and Beijing, good manners count. A recent amendment to a U.S.-China accord on safe encounters between their military pilots calls for keeping a secure distance, communicating clearly and keeping a lid on rude body language. "Military air crew should ...
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 ...
The South China Sea has become a critical testing ground for the changing economic, political and military relationship between China and the United States.
