At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI >> China staged military drills off Taiwan’s north, south and east coasts on Tuesday as a “stern warning” ...

Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...

The two sides last joined battle on a large scale in 1958, when Chinese forces bombed the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen and Matsu islands for more than a month, alongside naval and air combat.

The plan does not cite a specific trigger, but U.S. and Japanese military planners consider the islands potentially in the crossfire should China move to take possession of Taiwan. China asserts ...