Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier has entered into service following a commissioning ceremony at a South China Sea naval base. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the ceremony in the southern island province of […]

  KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING — Beijing said on Tuesday it had protested against Kuala Lumpur filing a submission with the United Nations last week seeking to establish the limits of Malaysia’s continental shelf in the northern part of the disputed South China Sea. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, any country […]

SOUTH CHINA SEA militarisation has led many in the region to fear conflict between China and the US, which might be why a fake news story about a supposed Chinese nuclear bomb test fooled many around the world, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. An extreme radio host in the US posted a fake news story […]

  THE defense-military establishment is finalizing plans to acquire medium-range ramjet BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, which Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said could be considered the country’s first weaponry with deterrent capability. Lorenzana said the procurement of the Indian-made BrahMos, noted as the fastest missile in the service of any military in the world for now, […]

  Over the last four months, Vietnam has faced a serious challenge to its sovereignty in the South China Sea. Strategic circles in Hanoi are stirred by China’s repeated intrusions into Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off its central and southern coastlines.A general view shows JDC Hakuryu-5 drilling rig and supply vessels in the South […]

140410-N-CC789-034 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (April 10, 2014) More than 900 Sailors and Marines assigned to the amphibious assault ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) America (LHA 6) march to the ship to take custody of it. The U.S. Navy officially accepted delivery of the amphibious assault ship from Huntington Ingalls Industries during a custody transfer ceremony in Pascagoula, […]

  BEIJING (Reuters) – China commissioned its first domestically built aircraft carrier into service on Tuesday at a key base on the shores of the disputed South China Sea, in another big step in the country’s ambitious military modernization. Little is known about China’s aircraft carrier program, which is a state secret. But the government […]

  KUALA LUMPUR: China has protested against Malaysia filing a submission with the United Nations last week seeking to establish the limits of Malaysia’s continental shelf in the northern part of the disputed South China Sea, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday (Dec 17). Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of […]

  The Chinese military’s latest drill transforms its approach in the disputed South China Sea from “passive” to “proactive.” It’s part of a new strategy aimed at preparing for “unexpected confrontations,” according to the PLA Daily. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. China’s military has stepped up its exercises in the South China Sea […]

  A Chinese construction firm banned by the World Bank and a dredging firm that Beijing reportedly used for reclamation activities in the disputed Spratly Islands were among the companies that bagged big-ticket infrastructure projects in the Philippines during the recent state visit of President Duterte to China. The contract of China Road and Bridge […]