Harris to push back on China's South China Sea claims during Asia trip
Harris will be the first U.S. vice president to visit Vietnam as Washington seeks to bolster international support to counter China's growing global influence.
Japan, ASEAN agree on importance of free navigation in South China Sea
Japan and ASEAN ministers also agreed on the importance of stripping North Korea of its nuclear and missile development programs.
German warship heads for South China Sea amid tension with Beijing
Germany sent a vessel to the waterway for the first time in almost two decades, joining other Western nations in expanding its military presence in the region.
Beijing is dismayed that the Biden administration has not softened Donald Trump’s hard-line China policies and continues to hold it accountable for its misdeeds.
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte fully restores key troop pact with U.S.
The agreement has assumed additional importance as the United States and its allies contend with an increasingly assertive China.
China blasts NBC for using ‘incomplete’ map on Olympic broadcast
The condemnation came a day after an announcer for public broadcaster NHK raised eyebrows by referring to the Taiwanese team as "Taiwan" rather than "Chinese Taipei."
Beijing believes that there should be no checks on the pursuit of its national interests and that in Asia, at least, its preferences should take precedence over all other considerations.
Fifty years since Kissinger's secret visit, Sino-U.S. ties now fraying fast
The downward trajectory is unlikely to be altered any time soon, experts say, as top officials in both countries are buckling down for a long-haul competition.
U.S. raps China at ASEAN meeting for unlawful claims in South China Sea
The remarks came during the first foreign ministers meeting between the U.S. and the ASEAN group under the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden.
Japan and U.S. urge China to comply with tribunal ruling on South China Sea
China's defiance of the ruling "undermines the rule of law as a fundamental value of the international community," Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.
China 'drove away' U.S. warship on tribunal ruling anniversary
China's military said on Monday it "drove away" a U.S. warship that illegally entered Chinese waters near the Paracel Islands on Monday, the anniversary of an international court ruling that Beijing has no claim over the South China Sea. The USS Benfold entered the waters ...
Time for ASEAN minilateralism on Myanmar and territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Many Southeast Asian countries are too economically and strategically dependent on China to take a robust stance on the South China Sea disputes in favor of ASEAN claimant states
