MANILA, Philippines — Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have committed to uphold the rule of law in resolving the South China Sea dispute, a US Department of State official said. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan said all ASEAN countries acknowledge that there are disputed claims in the South China Sea. […]
China denounced the US’s routine flight of B-52 nuclear capable bombers across the Pacific on Thursday, calling it a “provocative” step that it would take measures against. China warned its countermeasures could include further militarization of the South China Sea, at a time when US and Chinese military relations are deteriorating. The US and China […]
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – It was just a six-paragraph statement issued by the Defence Ministry. It was the outcome of a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington DC between United States Defence Secretary James Mattis and his Malaysian counterpart Mohamad Sabu. After one reading, most would dismiss it as a discussion on […]
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps units in the Pacific are carrying out a series of live-fire drills in the hotly contested South China Sea, in a public show of force in the face of ongoing Chinese expansion in the region. Units attached to the U.S.S. Wasp Amphibious Ready Group and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit […]
China strongly protests any US military presence in the South China Sea, but lately the US isn’t paying any attention to them. The US has picked up sailing and flying through the region at such a high frequency that it’s not even unusual anymore, meaning they’ve won a battle over the South China Sea’s narrative […]
The Philippines never had a navy that could defend territory in the South China Sea, or so it thought. That was before the Navy mobilized a decrepit old ship destined for the junkyard. In a somewhat laughable but ultimately effective defensive maneuver, the ramshackle BRP Sierra Madre was intentionally grounded into a Philippine shoal that […]
Western navies that sail warships near contested islands in the South China Sea are risking a military confrontation, according to a top Chinese diplomat. “No one should underestimate China’s will to safeguard its national sovereignty, security and development interests,” Liu Xiaoming, China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, said Wednesday in remarks published Thursday. China asserts […]
ABOARD THE KAGA, Indian Ocean—Japan’s biggest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, joined naval drills with Britain’s HMS Argyll in the Indian Ocean on Sept. 26 as the frigate headed toward the contested South China Sea and East Asia. Britain, Japan and close ally the United States have found common cause in countering growing Chinese influence […]
ABOARD THE KAGA, INDIAN OCEAN: Japan’s biggest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, joined naval drills with Britain’s HMS Argyll in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday as the frigate headed toward the contested South China Sea and East Asia. Britain, Japan and close ally the United States have found common cause in countering growing Chinese influence […]
BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — China opposes interference in the South China Sea situation from countries outside the region, China’s Ministry of National Defense said Thursday. At a regular press conference, Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for the ministry, made the remarks in response to questions on the presence of British naval ships in the South China […]