The South China Sea has evolved from a contested maritime region into something far more dangerous — an electronic ...

By Mark Buckton in Taipei The geopolitical map of maritime Asia is gradually changing. Not dramatically so and not by way of ...

A flurry of Vietnamese island fortifications and intensifying Chinese activity show the rising odds of confrontation in the ...

As conflict in the Middle East rattles global energy markets, energy security is again climbing the strategic agenda in Beijing.

The vice-president’s calls to ‘defend sovereignty’ are an attempt to please voters at home while not alienating Beijing, experts say.

When imagining how the U.S.-China relationship might devolve into war, experts often cite Taiwan as the most obvious flashpoint. In recent years, after all, China has escalated its campaign of ...

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says there are 11 billion barrels of oil beneath the South China Sea. The USGS said ...

China warned on Wednesday that countries "forming cliques" and provoking conflict were "unpopular", after ministers from the ...

Maritime tensions between China and the Philippines are likely to persist despite Manila’s call for energy cooperation, Chinese observers said after revived diplomatic talks on the weekend. Senior ...

Chinese dredging vessels purportedly in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still video image from a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft ...

The South China Sea is of major geopolitical and economic importance due to its strategic location, natural resources and position as a conduit for international trade. Nearly one-third of global ...