From Beijing’s vantage point, the events of Aug. 11 near Panatag Shoal must have seemed unthinkable. Two of its own ships ...

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is forcefully denying Chinese claims that it “expelled” the American destroyer USS Higgins from waters near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ...

A Philippine patrol ship less than half the size of the two Chinese vessels pursuing it could not have triggered their ...