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South China Sea Tensions Escalate as USS George Washington Deploys

The USS George Washington entered the South China Sea on November 17, 2025, marking another chapter in the region's ...
The Diplomat

China’s Upgraded Lawfare in the South China Sea

In this image released by the Philippine Coast Guard, a China Coast Guard vessel fires a water cannon at a boat from the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the vicinity of Thitu ...
Army Times on MSN

US-Philippine task force to reestablish South China Sea ‘deterrence'

The U.S. and the Philippines announce a joint task force to deter what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls Beijing's ...
NPR

State Dept. cuts China experts as administration says countering Beijing top priority

The State Department fired its top experts on the South China Sea and shuttered the office with a key focus on Indo-Pacific security amid a sweeping reorganization earlier this month, leaving gaps in ...
CNN

Vietnam is taking a leaf out of China’s playbook to build fortified islands in the disputed South China Sea

Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from ...
CNN

US warships sail in vicinity of disputed shoal where Chinese ships collided

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer performed a Freedom of Navigation operation (FONOP) near disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, just two days after two Chinese military ...