China patrols Scarborough Shoal after Philippines warns of threat

BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) - China's military and coast guard said they carried out patrols near Scarborough Shoal in the ...

Ship-Tracking Data Reveal Hidden Risk of China-Vietnam Showdown

A flurry of Vietnamese island fortifications and intensifying Chinese activity show the rising odds of confrontation in the ...

China carries out combat patrols near Scarborough Shoal following US-Philippines exercises

China's military and coast guard conducted patrols near the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Sunday, days after joint ...
Taipei Times

China patrols near disputed South China Sea waters

China’s military and coast guard said they yesterday carried out patrols near disputed waters in the South China Sea, a day ...

China and Indonesia agree to boost maritime security cooperation in South China Sea despite tensions

TAIPEI--Indonesia and China said Monday they committed to maritime cooperation promoting safety and security in the South ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

China moves to block entrance to disputed South China Sea shoal, images show

China has kept a deployment of coast guard and fishing trawlers at the shoal since seizing it in 2012 after a standoff with the Philippines. Manila has said Chinese maritime militia operate some ...
The Diplomat

To Address China’s Assertive Behavior in the South China Sea, the Philippines Should Focus on Sustainability

There’s another way to tackle China’s exclusion of Filipino fisherfolk from the South China Sea: cutting off its access to the Philippine seafood market. The current Philippine government’s ...
The Diplomat

Forgotten Faces in the Contested South China Sea

Vietnamese fishers in 2010-2011 in Lý Sơn island. Credit: André Menras In early 2010, a few months after he received Vietnamese honorary citizenship, André Menras, a French national, decided to set ...
The Economist

China may be building a big new airbase in the South China Sea

Instead, Antelope Reef, as this cay is known, is beginning to look a lot like China’s large military airbase at Mischief Reef. One of three airbases which China built during a spree of island-building ...