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MANILA – As China-Philippine tensions escalate over disputed features in the South China Sea, the United States and its regional allies are lending Manila a firm helping hand in asserting…

The US is not a littoral state of the South China Sea; it lies tens of thousands of kilometers away. However, the US has become the greatest destabilizing factor and…

Is war between the United States and China inevitable? This was the central question asked of panelists at the opening session of this year’s Asia-Pacific Roundtable in Kuala Lumpur. My answer was…

BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that China and Japan have agreed to postpone a visit by the head of Japan’s Komeito party, the junior partner in…

Banten, Indonesia – “We must continue to nurture a habit of conversation, communication, dialogue, and collaboration among participants to pave the way for our future generation.” said Dr. Yayan G.H.…

The Philippines will send more supplies to a remote outpost on a reef in the disputed South China Sea as early as next week, a military commander said on Thursday, days after…

It’s well known that China has the world’s largest navy and coastguard—the result of a tenfold increase in military spending since 1995—which it uses to advance its pugnacious revisionism. But there are…

The third joint naval patrol between China and Russia, which is said to have reached international waters close to Alaska last week, has riled up the US media, which has…

WASHINGTON — China’s domestic economic woes are prompting fears that Beijing could compensate by escalating the risk of a war with the U.S. over Taiwan, according to experts who closely follow…

Located in the south of China, the South China Sea is traditionally considered its backyard by China. It has its commercial value; however, its strategic importance outweighs the former for…