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 ...

The United States is disputing China’s claim that it chased away an American warship conducting a freedom of navigation ...

The statement comes two days after Chinese ships collided during a confrontation with a Philippine government supply mission.

The U.S. 7th Fleet rejected as “false” a claim by China that Chinese forces drove a U.S. destroyer away from a contested ...

The Chinese military said on Wednesday it monitored and "drove away" a U.S. destroyer that sailed near the disputed ...

American and Chinese naval vessels clashed near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, escalating tensions in ...

The US Navy on Thursday denied China’s claim that the Chinese military expelled its guided missile destroyer USS Higgins from ...

The US Navy's operation was the first in the South China Sea's Scarborough Shoal region in at least six years.

Beijing protests over USS Higgins’ presence near Scarborough Shoal while American navy says its presence is lawful.

China has accused the United States of violating its sovereignty and undermining its security after a US warship entered the ...

China ’s military said on Wednesday it monitored and “drove away” a U.S. destroyer that sailed near the disputed Scarborough ...

China said the U.S. destroyer USS Higgins "illegally entered China's territorial waters off Huangyan Island without the approval of the Chinese government." The ministry accused the U.S. military of ...