South China Sea
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Confrontations in South China Sea surge, raising fears a miscalculation could lead to conflict
Vessels have been rammed, punctured with knives, damaged by water cannon and targeted by military-grade lasers…
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Philippines accuses Chinese coastguards of piracy after violent confrontation
Filipino sailor lost a thumb when coastguards rammed and boarded boats ‘with knives and spears’ in South China…
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Philippines increases South China Sea patrols as Beijing set to roll out new trespass laws
Manila has previously described new regulations, which allow Chinese coast guard to detain foreigners, as ‘an …
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China’s maritime militia: the shadowy armada whose existence Beijing rarely acknowledges
They look like simple fishing boats but are capable of swarming in huge numbers to help Beijing stake its terr…
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South China Sea: huge civilian Filipino flotilla heads to disputed shoal to ‘assert sovereign rights’
Philippines coast guard and navy watch as wooden boats head to Scarborough shoal to place buoys and hand food …
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Beijing warns against flexing of ‘gunboat muscles’ as US and Philippines begin military drills
The annual Balikatan, or ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ drills will for the first time take place outside of the Phili…
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China sounds warning after Philippines and US announce most expansive military drills yet
Exercises starting on Monday will be the first to be held outside Philippines’ territorial waters, and come am…
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Dynamic in South China Sea is changing through growing US and Japan ties, says Philippines president
Ferdinand Marcos Jr says building trilateral ties vital, after the three countries criticise China’s ‘dangerou…
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Manila accuses Beijing of ‘dangerous manoeuvres’ in South China Sea
Philippines says vessels were damaged and four people injured after Chinese boats caused two collisionsThe Phi…
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Philippines Coast Guard says ship damaged in collision with Chinese vessel – video
Footage published by the Philippines Coast Guard appears to show a collision between one of its ships and a Ch…
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Festive cheer for Filipino fishers after supply boat evades Chinese vessels
Boat from Philippines with gifts for fishers, troops and coastguard in South China Sea slipped past vessels th…
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Philippine festive flotilla turns back after Chinese interception
Forty fishing boats loaded with donations, Father Christmas figurines and nativity had set sail in disputed So…
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Australia and Philippines begin joint patrols in South China Sea as regional tensions rise
Richard Marles says two countries committed to a peaceful region where ‘sovereignty and agreed rules and norms…
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Philippines military accuses China of bullying and vows to continue South China Sea missions
Colonel Medel Aguilar says the Philippines will not stop resupply missions to a grounded warship that have dev…
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Why the rusting wreck of a second world war ship is so important to China
The Sierra Madre, deliberately marooned by the Philippines in 1999, is crumbling but repair is being made impo…