Unfortunately, this was the most serious incident in the South China Sea since 17 June 2024, when a Philippine sailor suffered severe injury after Chinese forces blocked a resupply mission at Second ...

China has once again pushed its South China Sea dispute with the Philippines to the brink of death. On August 11, a destroyer from China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) came dangerously close ...

From Beijing’s vantage point, the events of Aug. 11 near Panatag Shoal must have seemed unthinkable. Two of its own ships ...

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is forcefully denying Chinese claims that it “expelled” the American destroyer USS Higgins from waters near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ...

China must stop “spinning” the narrative and blaming the Philippines, and just admit that two of its ships collided during its illegal patrol in the West Philippine Sea, an official of the Philippine ...

According to Lopez, deploying Philippine Navy vessels could increase the risk of “miscalculation or misjudgment” if they encounter People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy vessels.

A Philippine patrol ship less than half the size of the two Chinese vessels pursuing it could not have triggered their ...