China’s maritime militia can swarm 2,000 “fishing” boats to rehearse a Taiwan blockade—weaponizing lawfare to threaten sea ...

Taiwan detects Chinese surveillance drone near Pratas Islands in South China Sea - Taiwan calls out China for ‘provocative and irresponsible’ move over strategically important island ...

Beijing recently demonstrated the use of hundreds of fishing boats to support future combat operations against Taiwan.

In the contested waters of the South China Sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group fired live rounds from its Phalanx Close-In Weapon System on January 8, 2026, amid rising tensions over ...

TAIPEI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A Chinese reconnaissance drone briefly flew over the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea on Saturday, in what Taiwan's defence ministry ...

Southern Theatre Command cites ‘completely legitimate’ routine flight training, while Taipei calls it ‘provocative and irresponsible’ act.

Itu Aba is the biggest feature in the Spratlys and the one some analysts believed had the strongest claim to island status and an economic zone. The arbitration court in The Hague ruled that China has ...

The Philippines has told China that it is alarmed about heated exchanges with Chinese diplomats in Manila over the ...

Japan tracked four Chinese warships in a strait near Okinawa, a move that followed U.S.-Philippine military drills near a ...

Growing Japan-Philippines defense ties are linking the East China Sea and South China Sea. Philippine Foreign Secretary ...