South China Sea Policy

Satellite images of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea show a new floating barrier across its entrance, near where Philippine ships and China coast guard vessels have had frequent run-ins.

In one of the strongest attacks by the United States on Beijing's illegal territorial claims in the strategic waters of South China Sea, State Secretary Mike Pompeo on Saturday stressed that Washington's policy in the region is crystal clear and said that the disputed territory in the South China Sea (SCS) is "not China's maritime empire".

A US guided-missile destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea in what China called a "provocation" as US officials joined talks in Beijing during a truce in a bitter trade war.

The US is looking at partnerships and not dominance in the Indo-Pacific region, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today as he unveiled a series of developmental initiatives, which many experts believe is to counter China's 'One Belt One Road' policy in the region.

China has quietly resumed its activities in the Doklam area and neither Bhutan nor India has sought to dissuade it, a top US official has said while comparing Beijing's actions in the Himalayan region with its manovers in the disputed South China Sea.

The Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang, once governed all of China, but fled to Taiwan in 1949 after being defeated in a civil war with China's Communists.

China's accelerated military development and recent activity by its military aircraft and ships around Taiwan pose an increased threat to the self-ruled island, according to a Taiwanese government defence report draft.

The United States needs to stop getting pushed around by China and work out a long-term strategy to deal with the country's rise, former U.S. ambassador Max Baucus said last week.

Donald Trump's secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson hit out at China Wednesday during his Senate confirmation hearing, warning the US would send a "clear signal" that the Asian giant must abandon its artificial islands in the South China Sea.

China's first aircraft carrier has carried out exercises in the Yellow Sea, amid increasing tensions between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea.

US President-elect Donald Trump railed against China in a series of tweets on Sunday night, accusing the Asian giant of currency manipulation and flexing its military might in the South China Sea.

As the UN-backed tribunal struck down China's claims over almost all of the South China Sea, China today directed its ire against the US, accusing America and its Asia Pacific Pivot policy for stirring trouble to blunt Beijing's rise.

The United States should not decide its policy on the South China Sea based on what its allies think, and should stick to its promises not to take sides in the dispute, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday ahead of Sino-U.S. security talks.

Terrorism, trade and South China Sea dispute are expected to dominate discussions at the 13th ASEAN-India Summit today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Southeast Asian leaders reviewing the ASEAN-India cooperation and charting out its future direction.

The European Union made its strongest call yet for China and other Asian nations to resolve their dispute over the South China Sea, a position Brussels insists is neutral but that the United States is likely to welcome after pressing the bloc to speak up.

Satellite images of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea show a new floating barrier across its entrance, near where Philippine ships and China coast guard vessels have had frequent run-ins.

In one of the strongest attacks by the United States on Beijing's illegal territorial claims in the strategic waters of South China Sea, State Secretary Mike Pompeo on Saturday stressed that Washington's policy in the region is crystal clear and said that the disputed territory in the South China Sea (SCS) is "not China's maritime empire".

A US guided-missile destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea in what China called a "provocation" as US officials joined talks in Beijing during a truce in a bitter trade war.

The US is looking at partnerships and not dominance in the Indo-Pacific region, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today as he unveiled a series of developmental initiatives, which many experts believe is to counter China's 'One Belt One Road' policy in the region.

China has quietly resumed its activities in the Doklam area and neither Bhutan nor India has sought to dissuade it, a top US official has said while comparing Beijing's actions in the Himalayan region with its manovers in the disputed South China Sea.

The Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang, once governed all of China, but fled to Taiwan in 1949 after being defeated in a civil war with China's Communists.

China's accelerated military development and recent activity by its military aircraft and ships around Taiwan pose an increased threat to the self-ruled island, according to a Taiwanese government defence report draft.

The United States needs to stop getting pushed around by China and work out a long-term strategy to deal with the country's rise, former U.S. ambassador Max Baucus said last week.

Donald Trump's secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson hit out at China Wednesday during his Senate confirmation hearing, warning the US would send a "clear signal" that the Asian giant must abandon its artificial islands in the South China Sea.

China's first aircraft carrier has carried out exercises in the Yellow Sea, amid increasing tensions between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea.

US President-elect Donald Trump railed against China in a series of tweets on Sunday night, accusing the Asian giant of currency manipulation and flexing its military might in the South China Sea.

As the UN-backed tribunal struck down China's claims over almost all of the South China Sea, China today directed its ire against the US, accusing America and its Asia Pacific Pivot policy for stirring trouble to blunt Beijing's rise.

The United States should not decide its policy on the South China Sea based on what its allies think, and should stick to its promises not to take sides in the dispute, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday ahead of Sino-U.S. security talks.

Terrorism, trade and South China Sea dispute are expected to dominate discussions at the 13th ASEAN-India Summit today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Southeast Asian leaders reviewing the ASEAN-India cooperation and charting out its future direction.

The European Union made its strongest call yet for China and other Asian nations to resolve their dispute over the South China Sea, a position Brussels insists is neutral but that the United States is likely to welcome after pressing the bloc to speak up.