China and Vietnam convened their first-ever “3+3 strategic dialogue“-a mechanism unprecedented in both nations' diplomacy. </ ...

This 2024, the world has been a witness to numerous tensions between claimant-countries, shifting alliances, and calls for a ...

China's efforts to put more pressure on the Philippines over a disputed atoll in the Sea could prove an early test for ...

I ndia and the Philippines may be thousands of kilometres apart, but their shared maritime concerns, particularly China’s ...

Two weeks ago China rammed a Philippine coastguard cutter on another shoal, tearing a gap in its hull. Such confrontations ...

China's often-used bilateral consultation mechanism doesn't always work, but it does help defuse conflicts, experts say Despite their ongoing rivalry over the South China Sea, Malaysia and China ...

Introduction The President of the Philippines Marcos Jr. on 7 November 2024 signed the Philippine Maritime Zones Act (PMZA) ...

From defending its territorial waters in the West Philippine Sea to tackling domestic issues and challenges overseas, the Philippines faced a tumultuous 2024. Maritime ...

Huayang Research Centre for Maritime Co-operation and Ocean Governance. Mr Wu accused the Philippines of “frequent provocations” at the Second Thomas Shoal, a flashpoint in the South China Sea.

China has allowed a Philippine civilian ship to deliver supplies to a warship long grounded by Manila at the Second Thomas Shoal in the ... and jointly manage the maritime situation." ...

“The Philippines is well aware that the scope of its territory is determined by a series of international treaties and has never included China’s” Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal ... the ...

including alleged "swarming" by China's maritime militia in the Philippines' EEZ and another round of collisions and near ...