China and the Philippines gave conflicting versions on Wednesday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest row in a longstanding dispute between the ...

China stakes claim to almost the entirety of the South China Sea. It has a series of disputes with several Southeast Asian ...

ASEAN’s involvement in the South China Sea dispute began informally and incrementally. As Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, China and Taiwan firmed up their territorial claims, the dispute ...

“We urge the Philippines to immediately cease any unilateral actions that could escalate disputes and complicate the situation, and to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea ...

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- A spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense on Friday urged the Philippines to return to the right track of resolving the South China Sea disputes through ...