China appears to be building an airstrip on a disputed South China Sea islandSatellite images indicate that China is building an airstrip on Triton Island which is inside the disputed South China Sea territory also c...
16 Aug, 2023, 05.49 PM IST
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...
06 Aug, 2022, 04.30 PM IST
Is China ready to spring military surprises?Last year was full of disconcerting surprises, including the discovery of massive silo fields for intercontinental ballistic missiles, and ...
17 Jan, 2022, 11.50 AM IST
China denounces US-Australian navy drills as muscle flexingAustralia has joined them in expressing concern over China's growing presence in the South China Sea, most notably through its construction...
11 Jun, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
China’s South China Sea moves need strong pushback from international communityThe evolving situation in the Indo-Pacific region in the wake of China's increasing military muscle-flexing has become a major talking poin...
09 Apr, 2021, 01.31 PM IST
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...
24 Feb, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
United States ship sails in South China Sea by China-claimed islandsThe U.S. ship's pass by the Spratly Islands follows a joint exercise by two U.S. carrier groups in South China Sea and another warship sail...
17 Feb, 2021, 03.11 PM IST
China holds military exercises in the South China Sea amid new tensionsChina holds regular drills in the area and there was no immediate indication they had been prompted by recent events. However, they follow ...
28 Sep, 2020, 02.23 PM IST
Major India-China face-offs in 2016India-China rivalry played out across several theaters in 2016—trade, terror, diplomacy and geopolitics. At this point, the two are locked ...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.09 PM IST
Asean unity can challenge Beijing on its South China Sea claims: ExpertChina is locked in disputes with other countries of the region over the Spratly and Paracel groups of islands in the South China Sea.
12 Jul, 2018, 08.33 PM IST
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...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.16 PM IST
Vietnam wants PM Narendra Modi to raise maritime security issue with ChinaVietnam has accused China of violating its sovereignty in the South China Sea and hoped PM Modi would raise the issue of maritime security ...
12 Jul, 2018, 03.52 PM IST
Tensions rise in South China Sea region as China consolidates positionChina says it dispatched warships to identify and warn off a pair of U.S. Navy vessels sailing near one of its island claims in the South C...
30 May, 2018, 10.13 AM IST
South China Sea should not become battlefield between big nations: Indonesian President Joko WidodoChina claims nearly all of the strategically vital SCS -- a vast tract of water through which a huge chunk of global shipping passes.
10 Dec, 2016, 03.20 PM IST
China's dredging in the South China Sea created 2,900 acres of new islandsA report published on the Department of Defense website yesterday (PDF) gives us a number: As of May, China had only reclaimed 2,000 acres.
22 Aug, 2015, 04.07 PM IST
No oil hunt in South China Sea without nod, Beijing tells DelhiIndia's ONGC Videsh Ltd is involved in oil and gas exploration in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam.
31 May, 2015, 09.05 AM IST
The dragon’s disputes: A summary of China's relations with its neighboursBeijing is demanding that at least the Tawang Tract of Arunachal Pradesh, if not the whole of the state, be transferred to China
05 Dec, 2013, 06.16 AM IST