Beijing protests over USS Higgins’ presence near Scarborough Shoal while American navy says its presence is lawful.

China's military released a statement Wednesday that the destroyer Higgins entered the South China Sea unlawfully, according ...

The statement comes two days after Chinese ships collided during a confrontation with a Philippine government supply mission.

The United States is disputing China’s claim that it chased away an American warship conducting a freedom of navigation operation near Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday. A U.S. guided-missile destroyer ...

The Chinese military said on Wednesday it monitored and "drove away" a U.S. destroyer that sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, while the U.S. Navy said its action was in ...