https://www.scmp.com/rss/322656/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A newly-released US Navy video of the tense encounter between a Chinese and US warship in the South China Sea in late 2018 offers an indication of how seriously the Chinese side were prepared for a collision with the US vessel in the contested waterway. In the footage of the incident, which at the time caused heated exchanges between Washington and Beijing, Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy crew can be seen preparing buoys designed to absorb impact and protect the hull of their ship in the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3047317/exclusive-us-navy-footage-warships-near-collision-south-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3047317/exclusive-us-navy-footage-warships-near-collision-south-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jan 2020 07:00:09 +0000 Vietnam said it hoped China would show restraint in the South China Sea next year after a Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts spent months within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, which Hanoi regarded as a blatant violation of its sovereignty. Vietnam, the region’s most forceful challenger of China’s extensive maritime claims to the busy waterway, will take on the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in 2020. “I hope that during our chairmanship... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/diplomacy/article/3042450/south-china-sea-vietnam-hopes-beijing-will-show-restraint-2020?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/diplomacy/article/3042450/south-china-sea-vietnam-hopes-beijing-will-show-restraint-2020?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:30:09 +0000 China’s aircraft carrier-based J-15 fighter jets made a high-profile debut over the South China Sea on Monday amid tensions with the United States. The J-15 “Flying Shark”, stationed on board the Liaoning, China’s sole aircraft carrier, since 2013, practised operations as the vessel sailed in heavy seas, Xinhua reported. The Liaoning and its escorts have been carrying out a series of exercises since December, including a live ammunition drill in the Bohai Sea and a patrol in the Western Pacific... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2058888/j-15-fighter-jets-chinas-liaoning-aircraft-carrier-make?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2058888/j-15-fighter-jets-chinas-liaoning-aircraft-carrier-make?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Jan 2017 07:00:30 +0000 Beijing is expected to demand the United States scale down its ­surveillance in the South China Sea when it hands back a seized US underwater drone, observers said on Sunday. It was also expected to seek an expansion in the code for unplanned military encounters in the disputed waters to cover drones like the one seized by a Chinese warship off the Philippine coast near Subic Bay on Thursday. The defence ministry said late on Saturday that the US had ratcheted up tensions but China would return... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2055618/chinese-demands-come-handover-seized-us-drone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2055618/chinese-demands-come-handover-seized-us-drone?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Dec 2016 15:45:45 +0000