South China Sea
China Defense Budget Rises At Slowest Pace In Decades
China's defence budget will rise seven percent to $151 billion this year, the slowest annual percentage increase since...
China To Strengthen Defenses, No Word On Budget
China pledged more support for its military on Sunday including strengthening maritime and air defenses as it takes...
China Trims GDP Target, Citing ‘grave Challenges’
China's premier warned Sunday that the world's second-largest economy faces "grave challenges", signalling a further...
Key Points On China’s Annual Parliamentary Meeting
Thousands of politicians from across China have converged on Beijing for the country's annual legislative meetings...
China To Outline National Priorities As Congress Opens
China's rubber-stamp legislature opens its annual session on Sunday with Premier Li Keqiang due to announce the...
Philippine Defence Chief Visits US Carrier In S. China Sea
The Philippines' defence secretary on Saturday visited a US aircraft carrier patrolling the South China Sea, hailing...
China To Increase Military Spending By 7% In 2017
China says it will increase military spending by about 7% this year, just days after Donald Trump outlined a boost to...
N. Korea To Top Agenda On Tillerson Asia Visit
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to visit Japan, China and South Korea later this month to discuss Pyongyang's...
China Defence Spending To Rise ‘around 7%’
China will raise defence spending by "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its...
Financial Risks Hang Over China Legislature Meeting
China's rubber-stamp legislature convenes this weekend with the script focused on containing worrisome economic risks...
Pictures of China’s Fearsome New Tanks Leaked Online
A leaked picture of two fearsome Chinese tanks has sparked speculation that China is developing new military vehicles....
Trump Says He’s Boosting Defense Spending By $54 Billion; the Real Number Is $18 Billion
In the days before President Donald Trump’s high-profile address to Congress Tuesday night, White House aides...
China Continues ‘steady Pattern’ of S.China Sea Militarization
Recent satellite imagery appears to show China is completing structures intended to house surface-to-air missiles...
South China Sea: US Navy Begins Patrols
US aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, has started what it calls “routine operations” in the South China Sea,...
US Carrier Group Begins ‘routine’ Patrols
The USS Carl Vinson is no stranger to the region US aircraft carrier the USS Carl Vinson has started what it calls...
US Deploys Aircraft Carrier In South China Sea Despite Tension
The US has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to patrol the South China Sea, days after Beijing told Washington...
US Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Patrolling S. China Sea
A US aircraft carrier strike group is patrolling in the South China Sea, the US Navy said Saturday, days after Beijing...
Chinese, US Aircraft In ‘unsafe’ Encounter Over South China Sea
A Chinese military aircraft had an "unsafe" encounter with a US Navy surveillance aircraft near a contested reef in the...
US, Japan Say Defense Pact Covers Disputed Senkaku Islands
US President Donald Trump offered Japan assurances Friday that mutual defense agreements cover the disputed Senkaku...