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The Philippines on Friday accused China of blasting one of its supply vessels with a water cannon in the latest confrontation between the two nations in the disputed South China Sea.. Philippines ...
Chinese coast guard ships hit a Philippine supply boat with water cannons Saturday in the latest confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing injuries to its navy crew ...
The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute among Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam concerning "ownership" of the Spratly Islands, a group of islands and associated "maritime features" (reefs, banks, and cays etc.) located in the South China Sea. The dispute is characterized by diplomatic stalemate ...
April 28, 2024 at 3:22 AM. BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - China's coast guard confronted Japanese lawmakers in waters claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, China's embassy in Tokyo and ...
Scarborough Shoal standoff. / 15.183°N 117.767°E / 15.183; 117.767. The Scarborough Shoal standoff is a dispute between the Philippines and the People's Republic of China over the Scarborough Shoal. Tensions began on April 8, 2012, after the attempted apprehension by the Philippine Navy of eight mainland Chinese fishing vessels near ...
The Senkaku Islands dispute, or Diaoyu Islands dispute, is a territorial dispute over a group of uninhabited islands known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan, the Diaoyu Islands in China, [1] and Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan. [2] Aside from a 1945 to 1972 period of administration by the United States as part of the Ryukyu Islands, the archipelago ...
The competing claims over one of the world’s most active maritime regions date back centuries and primarily involves: China, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The United States officially addressed the South China Sea dispute for the first time in 1995, when its statement focused on the peaceful resolution of disputes, peace and stability, freedom of navigation, neutrality over the question of sovereignty, and respect of maritime norms. The 1995 statement did not name any states by their names.