A Newsweek map shows the path followed by Chinese Coast ... Beijing claims most of the South China Sea as its territory, within its dashed line, a unilaterally imposed demarcation that stretches ...

Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have serious consequences for U.S. interests and propose measures to both prevent and mitigate them. Territorial disputes in ...

Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyra M. Campbell/U.S. Navy The risk of a military confrontation in the South China Sea involving the United States and China could rise significantly in the ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the South ...

Newsweek's map (below), based on self-reported GPS ... 5901 in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. Manila says China's "monster ship" has been illegally loitering ...