Patrol ship 44608 finishes cruise around Huangyan Islands

Photos of permanent survey marks left by Chinese surveyors on Huangyan Island in the South China Sea in 1990 were publicly released Wednesday, reflecting the country's continuous administrative management of the island.The photos, released in a ...

Ongoing tensions with Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines over islands in the South and East China seas has not prevented an increasingly assertive China from opening yet another front by staging a military incursion across the disputed, forbidding ...

The first tourist group sails for the Xisha Islands on Sunday. The tourism plan, which has triggered a wide spectrum of discussion since gestation period, is more than just an economic plan, but inflicted on various political and diplomatic ...

Tensions over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard are still going on. Looking through the history of the Philippines confronting China on maritime disputes, we find that the Phillipines has always held an ...

However the Philippines chooses to account for the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese crewman on board the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28 by the Philippine Coast Guard last week, it will not be able to explain away the purposeful nature of the shooting. In 1995, ...

HAIKOU, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A two-and-a-half month fishing ban will begin at noon Thursday in most parts of the South China Sea as part of efforts to rehabilitate marine resources, according to fishery authorities. The Hainan provincial marine and ...

Scarborough Shoal, a mecca for fishermen, is claimed by both countries, and the fight over it and other territory in the South China Sea threatens to entangle the U.S. MASINLOC, Philippines The fishermen were sailing the azure waters off the ...

Taiwan authorities delivered an ultimatum late Saturday night, demanding that the Philippine government apologize to Taiwan, compensate the family of the victim and bring the coast guards responsible to justice. The strongly worded statement ...

Jin Shuxin, a student at Tsinghua University in Beijing, had long dreamed of visiting a real warship. On Sunday, her dream came true. A sophomore majoring in mechanical technology, Jin has decided to join the People's Liberation Army navy when she ...