The encounter followed Tuesday's near collision between an intercepting Chinese military helicopter and a Philippine turboprop.

ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated that the “hydrometeorological buoy” had completed its task at the site near the Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China. However ...

Both Australia and New Zealand have another worry, that China may be strengthening its ability to deploy its forces in the ...

Chinese coastguard vessels began patrols of the contested waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Wednesday, a day after Beijing said it had removed a buoy near the islands, known in Japan as the Senkakus.