CHINESE state media has issued a grave warning to two USS aircraft carriers in the South China Sea that they could be destroyed. China and the US have seen rising tensions over trade, new laws on Hong Kong and the spread… Read More ›
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South China Sea: Fears of an INVASION as 200 Chinese militia vessels swarm disputed waters
The Philippines has condemned China for swarming the waters near a Philippine-based island in the contested seas. According to news.com.au, around 275 vessels were spotted close to Thitu island, which is part of the hotly debated waters. A major row… Read More ›
World War Three alert: ‘You CAN’T stop us sailing there’ US warship heads into China Sea
THE UNITED States have taken tensions with China to a new high by “asserting their right” to sail warships past disputed islands in the South China Sea. Tensions between China and the US have been steadily mounting on multiple fronts, as… Read More ›
CHINA launched a massive navy drill in the South China Sea with 40 warships in an overt display of military muscle
Chinese state media says the exercises are centred on the aircraft carrier Liaoning, with warships combining from the North, East and South Sea fleets. This is the first time China’s refurbished Soviet-era aircraft carrier, Liaoning, has engaged in large-scale live-fire… Read More ›
The South China Sea is now a ‘core interest’ of Beijing — and that’s a problem for its neighbors
China’s aggressive posture toward the South China Sea has been stirring tensions in the region, and a new national security law suggests that Beijing is just getting started. The new law calls for security to be maintained in all fields, including… Read More ›
Images Show Chinese Airstrip on Man-Made Spratly Island Nearly Finished
China has almost finished building a 3,000-metre-long (10,000-foot) airstrip on one of its artificial islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, new satellite photographs of the area show. A US military commander had told Reuters in May… Read More ›
Report: China Dispatching Surveillance Vessels Off Hawaii
China has begun dispatching surveillance vessels off the coast of Hawaii in response to the Navy’s monitoring activities of disputed islands in the South China Sea, according to the Taiwan newspaper Want China Times. The purported surveillance comes on the heels… Read More ›
All that heat in the South China Sea is a dangerous distraction
In an effort to stoke nationalism and distract its people from a slowing economy, the Chinese government has been acting particularly aggressively in the South China Sea. This is one of the most dangerous games in the world. For over a year… Read More ›
US prepares to face down China in the South China Sea
American flags fly fore and aft on the US missile cruiser Shiloh as it docks at a pier across a narrow waterway from decrepit, decaying buildings of an abandoned US naval base at Subic Bay. The dock was once a… Read More ›
China Warns Of World War 3 Unless The US Backs Down On South China Sea
An increasingly assertive China has warned that World War 3 is “inevitable” unless the United States stops meddling in the South China Sea affairs. Earlier this week, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said in a new white paper that it… Read More ›