Biden administration officials are arguing that the US needs to fund the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to send a message to China in their pitch for Congress to authorize a massive $105 billion spending package that includes military aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan....
The US military has accused a Chinese fighter jet of making an "unsafe intercept" of a US B-52 bomber that was flying over the South China Sea on October 24. US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that the Chinese jet came within 10 feet of the American bomber....
A Chinese Coast Guard vessel and a Philippine resupply boat collided near a disputed reef in the South China Sea as tensions in the waters between Beijing and Manila continue to rise. Both sides blamed the other for what China described as a "minor collision." No...
Sen. Chuck Schumer used a rare meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing to lecture him about China's response to the Hamas attack on southern Israel, saying he was "disappointed" with Beijing's neutrality. "I urge you and the Chinese people to stand with...
Another encounter between Chinese and Philippine vessels occurred in the South China Sea on Wednesday, with Chinese authorities saying they warned boats making an "unapproved" entry near Second Thomas Shoal, a reef claimed by both Manila and Beijing. The Philippine...
The US and the Philippines on Monday kicked off two weeks of annual naval exercises amid heightened tensions with China in the South China Sea. This year marks the seventh and largest-ever iteration of the "Sama Sama" drills, which comes as the US and the Philippines...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday claimed that China is seeking to become the "dominant" world power and wants to replace the US-led "liberal" world order. When asked by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg if Russia or China is a bigger "threat" to the US,...
Saudi Arabia and China are set to hold their second-ever joint naval exercise as Riyadh continues to move closer to Beijing, AFP reported on Thursday. "This joint training focuses on overseas maritime counter-terrorism operations, conducting exercises on sniper...
China's Taiwan Affairs Office said Wednesday that the purpose of recent large-scale Chinese military drills around Taiwan is to "combat the arrogance" of Taiwan "separatists," referring to recent actions by Taipei to boost ties with the US and other Western countries....
The Philippines is taking steps to retake Scarborough Shoal, a disputed chain of rocks and reefs in the South China Sea that has been effectively controlled by China since 2012. "Since the new administration took office, we have already strategized how we can take...
