China sent military vessels and aircraft to identify the US warship Wayne E. Meyer, made a warning and demanded it to leave the area after the latter trespassing into China's territorial waters off the Xisha Islands on Friday without permission of the Chinese government, Senior Colonel Li Huamin, the spokesperson of the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) said on Friday in a statement.[More]
Researchers have discovered that sand cays in the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea can be a new carrier to accurately record paleocyclones, or cyclones in ancient times, according to a recent study paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.[More]
The US-ASEAN maritime exercise that started on Monday is the first joint naval drill between the United States and the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.[More]
President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that China and the Philippines should commit themselves to push forward the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea so it can be finished as early as possible.[More]
The Chinese military resolutely opposes recent sailing by a US naval warship into territorial waters around China's Nansha Islands, and urges the US side to immediately stop such provocative actions, a spokesman for the People's Liberation Army Southern Theater Command said on Thursday.[More]
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