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Taiwan tensions reveal challenges for U.S. navy as Chinese threat growsU.S. officials told Reuters this week they did not want to escalate matters with unnecessarily provocative deployments before House Speaker...
China’s South China Sea actions faces counter reactions from international community“Four Sha” (four sands archipelagos) are the four island groups in the SCS region over which Beijing claims it has “historical rights”. The...
China adopts new parameters for South China Sea claimsThis shift has been noticed by member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and “is even more serious” than the o...
Vietnam builds up defences against China in Spratly IslandsCiting the Centre for Strategic and International Studies' Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative's report, South China Morning Post said th...
Indian Ocean Region will feel ripple effects of power rivalry in western Pacific: Vice Admiral Tripathi"There is considerable churn in the geopolitical situation in the IOR and broader Indo-Pacific. As great power rivalry intensifies in weste...
US Navy to be 'more assertive' in countering China in PacificIn a document setting objectives for the US Navy, Marines and Coast Guard for the coming years, the Pentagon stressed that several countrie...
View: China's flexing military muscles in the time of COVID-19In fact, it’s an opportunity for CPC to accelerate the process of presenting itself as a global power to the wider world. And that too not ...
US plans to ramp up defence architecture in Indo-Pacific despite battle on virus at homeThe request by the US Indo-Pacific Command would last through the financial year 2026, it is understood. Under the proposal, some $1.6 bill...
China ups aggression in South China Sea through military exercisesChina’s navy, coast guard and maritime militia are a constant presence in the region.
China's state firms cementing lucrative role in South China Sea, new research showsChina's state-owned enterprises operated in a complex and often opaque environment, serving national strategic interests as they sought new...
Vietnam invites India to explore resources in disputed South China Sea regionIn 1974, China used force to occupy the Paracel Islands which were under Vietnam. In 1988, China again used force to occupy some reefs in t...
China eyes turning South China Sea islands into Maldives-style resortsChina began tourist cruises to the South China Sea on a trial basis in 2013, as part of efforts to cement its claims by boosting the civili...
US sending warship to South China Sea a "dangerous" move, China warnsIn October, USS Lassen, a guided missile destroyer, sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island China is building in the Spratly Islands.
China sets off for excavation in disputed South China SeaA Chinese archaeological team has embarked on a journey to excavate a shipwreck near Shanhu Island in South China Sea.
ONGC's presence in South China Sea: Beijing sets up oil rig to reinforce its territorial claimsAfter India & Vietnam agreed to additional presence by ONGC in oil blocks in South China Sea region, Beijing set up oil rig to reinforce it...
- Assault ship INS Airavat was not confronted by China: Indian Navy
An Indian Navy spokesperson said media reports to that effect were "incorrect" and that there was "no confrontation" with any vessel in the...
- US, Russia join Asia club in a blow to China: Analysts
US has long accused China of keeping yuan artificially low, while Beijing says Fed's loose monetary policy risks undermining emerging econo...