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In 2023, the Philippine coast guard accused its Chinese counterpart of deploying a high-powered laser against one of its ...
A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, three of them ...
The U.S. Coast Guard previously told Newsweek that its missions in the western Pacific aim to strengthen maritime governance.
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 ...
Chinese fighter jets fired missiles in the South China Sea during exercises which coincided with joint-U.S.-Philippines military drills as a map shows the contested waters where tensions are growing.
The US State Department has criticised China’s new map asserting possession over nearly the entire South China Sea, adding its voice to a chorus of nations rejecting Beijing’s territorial and ...
But just northeast of Taiwan in the East China Sea, barely visible on China's new map, lies the disputed Senkaku Island group, which China calls Diaoyu and Taiwan claims as Diaoyutai.
BANGKOK (AP) -- China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of ...
While this is not completely unprecedented (a 2013 map did likewise), the placement of the tenth dash to the east of Taiwan is significant because it lies outside the South China Sea in an area ...
The 2023 edition of the standard map of China, documentarily justifies its illegal claims by launching a cartographic offensive.
JOHOR BAHRU: China’s decision to publish a new map that lays its claim over the disputed South China Sea as well as land areas contested by India and Russia too is timed to cast a spotlight on ...
All evidence points to a novel phase in the struggle for the contested sea lane – and whether China and the US can contain the nerve-shredding contest is far from clear.