South China Sea

BEIJING (AP) — China plans to build the first permanent structure on a South China Sea shoal at the heart of a territorial dispute with the Philippines, in a move likely to renew concerns over Beijing’s robust assertions of its claims in…

China issued a warning to the United States on Thursday in response to the deployment of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the South China Sea. Beijing's new defense ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang told reporters at a…

The U.S. Navy said it has deployed its USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier to conduct training operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. The guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer is joining the 97,000-ton USS Carl Vinson…