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Hegseth to visit the Philippines for talks that will include South China Sea concerns, envoy says
Hegseth will be in Manila on March 28-29 to meet his Philippine counterpart, Gilberto Teodoro, and President Ferdinand Marcos ...
The Diplomat2d
China Conducts South China Sea Patrol as US Defense Chief Visits Philippines
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to bolster Manila’s capacity to push back against Beijing’s growing assertiveness ...
US, Japan, Philippines stage navy drills in disputed South China Sea as a Chinese ship keeps watch
The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South ...
China Intercepts US Ally's Ships in Contested Waters
Aerial footage appears to show a floating barrier installed by China to prevent Philippine fishing boats from entering the ...
Philippine defense chief calls China's claims in the South China Sea 'the biggest fiction and lie'
The Philippine defense chief on Monday called China's expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie ...
Satellite Photos Show Island Building in Contested South China Sea
Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...
ABC News13d
Hegseth to visit the Philippines for talks that will include South China Sea concerns, envoy says
China claims virtually the entire South China Sea, a major security and global trade route. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also lay overlapping claims to the resource-rich ...
Washington Times10d
Philippine defense chief calls China’s claims in the South China Sea ‘the biggest fiction and lie’
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine defense chief on Monday called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea “the biggest ... linear dashes on Chinese maps. Teodoro said that Xi ...