China's increasing use of sonic weapons as a gray zone tactic against its rivals includes sirens, sonar and long-range acoustic devices.

China's campaign of quiet aggression has already achieved many of its expansionist maritime objectives. Its neighbors and the world have started to notice, but checking Beijing's ambitions will take more than our attention.

Two recent RAND reports serve as a wake-up call: integrating resilience, capacity, and coordinated efforts isn’t just beneficial for combatting China's gray-zone warfare, it’s absolutely imperative for long-term regional stability.

As the world watches China’s increasingly aggressive moves at sea, its quiet expansion across land borders in the Himalayas serves as a reminder that its ambitions extend far beyond the South China Sea or Taiwan. China is methodically expanding its reach, targeting small, vulnerable neighbors like Nepal and Bhutan.

It is no longer sufficient to describe China's aggressions in the West Philippine Sea as if they are a series of individual incursions. We've passed that point. This is now a maritime occupation by a hostile, imperial power. The Philippines and its friends need to adjust their conceptual frameworks, their strategies and their tactics accordingly.

The China Coast Guard harassed Indonesia's oil and gas exploration activities in the Arwana Block from 17-21 October. Indonesia responded by sending its own vessels to "expel" the Chinese ship.

China Daily's young Media Unlocked hosts pose as independent journalists dedicated to "telling the truth about China". Viewer beware.

SeaLight Director Ray Powell tells the behind-the-scenes story of how the world-famous CBS program "60 Minutes" went to the Philippines to tell the world the story of how China is trying to drive its smaller neighbor out of the West Philippine Sea; how the Philippines is putting up an epic fight against steep odds; and why the world should care.

The lack of automatic information system broadcast data on the Philippine Coast Guard vessels involved in the August 19th Sabina Shoal incident hurts the Philippines' transparency initiative, and gives room for China's disinformation tactics to set the narrative.

While land reclamation and island-building have had the most visible impact on the South China Sea's fragile coral reef ecosystem, China's illegal but still active giant clam harvesting industry is actually the most destructive. (Image credit: CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Maxar Technologies)

Chinese social media has been awash with a new map and video claiming for China not just features within the 10-dash line, but the Philippine island of Palawan, which has sat outside that line. In the video, Palawan has been renamed “Zheng He Island” after the famous Chinese explorer of the 1300s. And on March 13, Manila said three Filipinos have been detained in China’s Hainan Province on allegations of espionage.

The Philippines and its allies are trying to expand the Squad grouping of nations to include India and South Korea to counter China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Philippines' Armed Forces chief General Romeo S. Brawner said on Wednesday. Read more: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/939895/philippines-eyes-expansion-of-squad-group-to-india-south-korea/story/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0KHryGeC4kJkipLLW-Hs0KWIq3Mv0YaivXcsLvz-cOvI6xY4saTzzlG1M_aem_Ifw5syMB-4cv6u6lZ1Jv7Q More stories: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/ Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/gmanews/

The involvement of an extra-regional great power in a small power’s territorial disputes with China may prove counterproductive.

On March 14, 1988, a short but brutal naval skirmish between China and Vietnam at Johnson South Reef reshaped the region’s power dynamics.

G7 accused China of seeking to ‘unilaterally alter status quo in such a way as to risk undermining the stability of regions’

The most crucial question remains: How to deter China?

Beijing’s exploration of distant waters brings security fears and complaints.

The unusual deployment by three navy ships over the past month has prompted a debate in Australia about its aging fleet and reliance on the United States.

The two countries concluded 12 years of negotiations on exclusive economic zones in 2022.

In 2024, Southeast Asian nations countered China's increased aggressiveness in the South China Sea, managing to make modest gains despite the rise in tensions and military presence. China's attempts to control the area have not deterred states — including the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia — from developing oil and gas projects, fortifying defenses and consolidating international support, representing a strategic setback for Beijing.