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China has intensified its efforts to assert control over energy-rich regions of the South China Sea. Beijing’s moves in the contested waterway, where its claims overlap with those of the neighboring Philippines and several other coastal states,

The storm has killed at least 13 people in the Philippines and is forecast to be the strongest to hit Hainan Province in a decade.

The Philippines says it has ratcheted up naval patrols and air surveillance in the South China Sea to counter the growing number of Chinese vessels.

Tensions mount as Chinese maritime forces continue to turn the screws on the Philippines within its own exclusive economic zone.

The Chinese and Philippine Coast Guards traded blame over the latest collisions involving their vessels in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday.

The United States condemned the episode near Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea and reaffirmed its defense treaty with Manila.

The Philippines suspects China is attempting to reclaim land at Sabina Shoal. It has pointed to underwater mounds of crushed coral on Sabina’s sandbars, which its coast guard filmed, saying Beijing is using that material to expand the shoal. Chinese state media has called such accusations “groundless”.

A new flashpoint has emerged in the ongoing maritime dispute between China and the Philippines, with both countries clashing over yet another spot in the South China Sea. Both China and the …

China’s actions in the South China Sea are “patently illegal”, the Philippines’ defence secretary said Monday following a clash in disputed waters on Sunday over what Manila said was a resupply mission for fishermen.