With China’s continuous “destabilizing” behavior in the South China Sea, the Philippines and the United States – through their top diplomats – have again pledged to further deepen defense and trade ...

As China pushes to dominate the South China Sea, it is increasingly willing to use force to drive out the Philippines. In recent months, China’s tactics have raised fears of a superpower ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.