U.S. officials told Reuters this week they did not want to escalate matters with unnecessarily provocative deployments before House Speaker...

“Four Sha” (four sands archipelagos) are the four island groups in the SCS region over which Beijing claims it has “historical rights”. The...

This shift has been noticed by member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and “is even more serious” than the o...

Citing the Centre for Strategic and International Studies' Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative's report, South China Morning Post said th...

"There is considerable churn in the geopolitical situation in the IOR and broader Indo-Pacific. As great power rivalry intensifies in weste...

In a document setting objectives for the US Navy, Marines and Coast Guard for the coming years, the Pentagon stressed that several countrie...

In 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 ...

The 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’s navy, coast guard and maritime militia are a constant presence in the region.

China's state-owned enterprises operated in a complex and often opaque environment, serving national strategic interests as they sought new...

In 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 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...

In October, USS Lassen, a guided missile destroyer, sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island China is building in the Spratly Islands.

A Chinese archaeological team has embarked on a journey to excavate a shipwreck near Shanhu Island in South China Sea.

After India & Vietnam agreed to additional presence by ONGC in oil blocks in South China Sea region, Beijing set up oil rig to reinforce it...

An Indian Navy spokesperson said media reports to that effect were "incorrect" and that there was "no confrontation" with any vessel in the...

US has long accused China of keeping yuan artificially low, while Beijing says Fed's loose monetary policy risks undermining emerging econo...