In 2023, the Philippine coast guard accused its Chinese counterpart of deploying a high-powered laser against one of its ships near the Philippine-controlled Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea ...

The new map features a 10-dash line that includes the eastern parts of the disputed South China Sea that fall within the Philippines’ 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which the ...

What To Know Using open-source ship-tracking data, a Newsweek map shows that the Victorious has been operating in the South China Sea since at least May 22, when it was spotted in the Luzon Strait ...

Here are three takeaways from their conversation: 1) The South China Sea holds strategic significance for both China and the Philippines and shapes the broader balance of power in the Western ...

China’s claims reach deep into the South China Sea. On maps of the area, Beijing has demarcated what’s known as the “ nine-dash line ” (pictured in green in the below map), a boundary that brushes up ...

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Driven by concerns about China’s growing power and assertiveness, both nations are playing a more active role in disputed ...

John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (THE CONVERSATION) The South China Sea has long been a bubbling geopolitical hot spot. Recently, a series of moves by the various nations ...