The Latest Breaking News from South China Sea

The Philippine coast guard has opened a new surveillance base on a remote island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea as Manila ramps up efforts to counter China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the strategic waterway

Australia and the Philippines have begun joint sea and air patrols in the South China Sea.

The United States and the Philippines are conducting joint air and maritime patrols in the South China Sea, which come as the two countries step up cooperation in the face of growingly aggressive Chinese activity in the area

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Beijing’s claim is embodied by its nine-dash line that an international court rejected more than seven years ago.

Beijing and Manila officials talk of ‘intentional’ and deliberately ‘provocative’ manoeuvres in collision incidents.

The United States has renewed a warning that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels in the South China Sea

Manila lodges diplomatic protest over near collisions in the South China Sea, its 55th this year.

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The latest incident took place near Thitu Island, which was occupied by the Philippines in the 1970s.

A senior Filipino diplomat known for his past expletive-laced tirade against China joined a coast guard trip to the disputed South China Sea last week and saw Beijing’s ships block and nearly collide with Philippine vessels, including one he was on