The incident marks the second confrontation this week between Manila and Beijing over disputed South China Sea islands.
A Chinese military helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane over the South China Sea on Tuesday, in what observers said was the second incident of potentially catastrophic behavior by the People’s Liberation Army against foreign aircraft in a week.
A Philippine plane warned a Chinese military helicopter over the South China Sea that it was "flying too close," as tension between the U.S. ally and Beijing soars.
China accused Australia on Friday of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying the latter was spreading "false narratives", though Australia maintained its action adhered to international law.
China claims vast swathes of the South China Sea, despite overlapping claims by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. China rejects a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague that its sweeping claims were not ...
The countries' military exercises last week are likely to displease China, which claims ownership over most of the South China Sea. View on euronews
The Myanmar crisis, the South China Sea disputes and intra-ASEAN trade are among the topics discussed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during an audience with the Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at Istana Nurul Iman in Brunei,
Crew members assigned to the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Sindangan say they knew their mission would involve facing off against huge, numerous, intimidating Chinese vessels in the contested waters of the Sea.
China commenced live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin shortly after Vietnam established a new territorial baseline in the area. While China targets the Beibu Gulf, tensions remain, particularly concerning competing claims in the South China Sea involving multiple countries,
BEIJING >> China accused Australia today of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying the latter was spreading “false narratives”, though Australia maintained its action adhered to international law.
The Myanmar crisis, the South China Sea disputes and intra-Asean trade are among the topics discussed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during an audience with the Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at Istana Nurul Iman in Brunei,