China on Wednesday confirmed an incident between a Chinese naval vessel and a U.S. warship in the South China Sea, after Washington said a U.S. guided missile cruiser had avoided a collision with a Chinese warship manoeuvering nearby. Experts have said the near-miss between the USS Cowpens and a Chinese warship operating near China’s
Read moreChina’s defence ministry made a thinly veiled attack on the United States on Tuesday for increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific by ramping up its military presence and alliances in the region, days after the top U.S. diplomat visited Beijing. China is uneasy with what the United States has called the “rebalancing” of forces as
Read moreChina vowed to continue its active participation in the international cooperation in the fight against Somali piracy. Liu Jieyi, the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, who is also the rotating president of the Security Council for this month, made the remarks after a council meeting on Somalia piracy. “China supports operations to
Read moreChina will set up new civilian patrols with a 5,000-ton vessel in the disputed South China Sea, state-run media said on Tuesday, in another move that could inflame territorial disputes. Beijing claims much of the waters and has put a vast swathe of it under the administration of Sansha city, in the contested Paracel
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