The South China Sea is the linchpin of modern Indo-Pacific relations. As the United States and China remain locked in a Great ...

China's claims in the South China Sea overlap with those of the Philippines, which is a U.S. security treaty ally.

Of the many conceivable contingencies involving an armed clash in the South China Sea, three especially threaten U.S. interests and could potentially prompt the United States to use force.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A flurry of naval drills surrounding the Philippines involving the United States and its partners has prompted complaints from Beijing, which claims the entire South China Sea ...

The Chinese military conducted routine airspace patrols over Scarborough Shoal on Tuesday, coinciding with a Philippine Air Force exercise with the US above the South China Sea, in a continuing ...

The air forces of the Philippines and the US were holding joint patrols over the South China Sea on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Philippine Air Force said, as Manila said it was monitoring three ...

The air forces of the Philippines and the United States held joint patrols over the South China Sea on Tuesday, a move that angered China, which also conducted a "routine patrol" over a disputed shoal ...

China Tuesday said the Philippines conducted a “joint patrol” with the US in a bid to “undermine peace and stability” in the South China Sea, Global Times reported. The remarks by Chinese ...

A United States nuclear-powered aircraft carrier conducted a war game with ally the Philippines in the contested South China Sea last week while China carried out "combat-readiness" patrols.