The Philippine military monitors a Type 903 Fuchi-class replenishment oiler, one of three Chinese warships that sailed through the Mindoro Strait and into the Sulu Sea, on February 4, 2025.

Earlier, Chinese naval vessels attracted Manila’s ire as they crossed Basilan Strait on the way to distant-sea training ...

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Southern Theater Command on Monday organized naval and air forces to conduct far seas drills passing through the Basilan ...

Chinese coast guard ships have stayed for a month in Manila’s exclusive economic zone, including Scarborough Shoal.

the Philippines, and the United States. Over the last four years, Beijing’s military has increased its activities in the narrow strait. Germany, for whom both China and Taiwan, with its huge ...

Recently, the Philippines has been leveraging external partnerships to heighten tensions in the South China Sea. After the ...

The normal passage of the Chinese naval fleet through the Basilan Strait is fully in accordance with international law and practice, said Tian Junli, a spokesperson for the Chinese People's Liberation ...