China has fired a warning shot at the Philippines following a close naval encounter with the U.S. defense treaty ally earlier this week near a contested feature in the South China Sea.

Hegseth said the U.S. will bolster its defenses overseas to counter what the Pentagon views as rapidly developing threats by China, particularly toward Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own.

On Monday, a spokeswoman for China’s foreign ministry declined to address Indian claims that China had also provided Pakistan with active air-defense and satellite support during the clash.

China has a "deficit of trust and credibility" it needs to overcome in order to mend its fraught defence ties with the Philippines, though any breakthrough in the near term remains unlikely ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Chairmanship of Asean this year has been hailed as a diplomatic success, marked by strong joint statements reflecting unity among member states, especially in addressing ...

In their speeches, Yudhoyono and Hanggodo made special mention of the condition of areas in northern Java, which is home to more than half of Indonesia's total population and where land is subsiding ...

“We can see that across the Taiwan Strait in the East and South China Seas, among the Pacific island countries, along the line of actual control with India, and more,” Austin said.

What makes it exceptional, though, is the civilian population, found on few islands in the South China Sea. From the point of view of the Philippines this, and the fact that Pagasa is solid land ...

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Among these, the second aspect, in the foreseeable future, includes matters ranging from the Taiwan question, the issues in the South and East China Seas to the China-India border dispute.

Indonesia is not a direct South China Sea claimant but China’s “nine-dash line” overlaps with Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone near the oil- and gas-rich Natuna Islands.

BEIJING, CHINA AND CAMBRIDGE, UK - Sept. 7, 2004 - ZRRT, the Chinese mobile technology provider, and ARM [ (LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], announced today that ZRRT Communications Technology Co., Ltd.