(BGF) - China insisted that its activities in the South China Sea were the "inherent right of the country" and that they are all "in accordance with international law and historical evidence"', neglected the U.S., Japan and other regional powers' urges to address...

(BGF) - The Philippines' Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a press briefing that the Philippines will "secure sovereignty" if it is challenged, as the Inquirer reported. The remark is made after the Philippines Navy surveillance plane found eight Chinese...

(BGF) -  Joshep Santolan for the World Socialist Web site reported that tension escalated in the South China Sea after the Philippines government announced that it would deploy the oil exploration plan in the waters which are also claimed by China. Vietnam also...

(BGF) - As the China Daily reported, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said that freedom and safety of navigation had never been affected by the South China Sea disputes in response to the United States' latest claim that China remains "aggressive" to...

(BGF) - According to the Philippines' ABS-CBN News report, China's state media Global Times said sanctions should be imposed against the Philippines as a response to its move of having plan to let more US troops rotate through the Southeast Asian country, and that it...