China has raged at the United States for flexing its “gunboat muscles” in annual joint military exercises with the Philippines – warning Washington and its allies would only cause “division and turbulence.” Xi Jinping’s close ally Zhang Youxia, who leads Beijing’s Central Military
President Joe Biden warned on Thursday that “any attack” on Philippine vessels in the South China Sea would “invoke our mutual defense treaty.” Speaking during a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White
The United States held their first joint naval and air exercises with Japan, Australia and the Philippines in the South China Sea on Sunday – the same day China’s military announced its own exercises in the disputed sea. The four countries said
The naval exercises come as skirmishes between Beijing and Manila continue to fuel concern about a possible direct confrontation between the two nations. The Philippines is not the only country engaged in the dispute over control of the South China Sea, as