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U.S. destroyers sail in disputed South China Sea as trade tensions simmer
The U.S. sent two warships close by islands claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet said, as American negotiators arrived in the Chinese capital for talks aimed at resolving a trade spat between the two ...
Maritime rescue center opened on South China Sea islet as Beijing seeks to reinforce claims
China opened a maritime rescue center on one of its man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday, state-run media reported, as Beijing seeks to reinforce its claims in the strategic waterway. China's Ministry of Transport opened the rescue center on Fiery Cross ...
Australian defense chief says Beijing has raised 'anxiety' in disputed South China Sea
Australian Defense Minister Christopher Pyne urged China on Tuesday to resolve tensions in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, in a swipe after Beijing's sudden detention of a writer who holds dual citizenship. Pyne said the artificial islands Beijing has been building ...
U.S. and British navies conduct first joint military exercises in disputed South China Sea
U.S. and British warships have sailed together in the disputed South China Sea for the first time, in exercises likely to stoke anger in Beijing. The guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell and Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll conducted the operations in the strategic waterway over a ...
Top U.S. Navy officer to meet Chinese counterpart amid military and trade tensions
The U.S. Navy's top officer will meet with his Chinese counterpart in China next week as the two powers seek to tamp down rising military and trade tensions. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson will travel to Beijing and Nanjing from Jan. 13 to ...
Beijing has announced that its so-called carrier killer anti-ship missile has been deployed to the country's northwest, just a day after the U.S. Navy sailed a warship past disputed islands in the South China Sea. China's DF-26 ballistic missile, which reportedly has a range of ...
U.S. Navy ship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade talks with Beijing
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer sailed near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea claimed by China as U.S. officials meet their counterparts in Beijing for talks during a truce in a bitter trade war. The USS McCampbell carried out a "freedom of navigation" ...
Tough talks predicted as Vietnam seeks to curb China's actions in South China Sea
Tough negotiations lie ahead over a new pact between China and Southeast Asian nations aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea, as Vietnam pushes for provisions likely to prove unpalatable to Beijing, documents reviewed by Reuters suggest. Hanoi wants the pact to outlaw ...
Beijing's South China Sea grab
In the last five years, China has turned its contrived historical claims to the South China Sea into reality and gained strategic depth.
Countering China: Japan, India and U.S. leaders meet in push for more open Asia-Pacific
The leaders of the United States, Japan and India met jointly Friday for the first time and called for open navigation in Asia, a show of unity with China clearly in mind. The three right-leaning leaders — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump ...
U.S. sends warship near South China Sea islets ahead of G20 summit
The U.S. Navy has sent a warship near disputed islands in the South China Sea, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said Friday, ahead of key meeting between the leaders of China and the United States at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina. In a statement ...
China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, in defiance of a 2016 international arbitration ruling, is the "gravest external threat since World War II" to the Philippines, the acting head of the nation's Supreme Court has said. At a forum in Manila on Saturday, ...
