Manila says it is, alongside allies, ready to "counteract" any attempt by Beijing to restrict flights in airspace over the disputed South China Sea.

Last week, Canberra rebuked Beijing for "unsafe" military conduct, accusing a Chinese fighter jet of dropping flares near an Australian air force plane patrolling the South China Sea. Beijing swiftly hit back, accusing the Australian plane of "violating ...

China has monitored a Philippine civilian vessel supplying a warship at the contested Second Thomas Shoal. China urges cooperation from the Philippines and to cease exaggerating tensions. The Philippine embassy in Beijing has yet to comment on the situation.

The Philippines is preparing to build a new arbitration case against China over alleged breaches of international law in the South China Sea. It may seem like a symbolic gesture, but in a world where the rules-based order is increasingly under threat,

China’s defense spending is to rise 7.2 percent this year, the same as last year, Beijing said yesterday, as its armed forces undergo rapid modernization and eye deepening strategic competition with the US.

In the early 2000s, Russia and China had heeded US preferences regarding the Korean Peninsula by engaging in multilateralism with the Six-Party Talks to deal

The Philippines, a neighbour of China, purchased the BrahMos missile system from India in 2024, which it has deployed in the South China Sea. According to recent reports, Indonesi

China said Wednesday it will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year, as it continues its campaign to build a larger, more modern military to assert its territorial claims and challenge the U.S. defense lead in Asia.