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US defense secretary says war with China neither imminent nor unavoidable, stressing need for talks
While declining to detail the specifics of their conversation, Austin said the most important thing was that the two were again talking.
China slammed for 'dangerous' act after Beijing coast guard ship collides with Filipino vessel, injuring four
The Chinese coast guard ships and accompanying vessels blocked the Philippine coast guard and supply vessels off the disputed Second Thomas Shoal and executed dangerous maneuvers that caused two minor...
US, China military leaders hold first call in more than a year
The top military officials from the US and China held a long-awaited call Thursday, ending a 16-month standoff during which Beijing cut all armed forces contacts with Washington.
Philippines says Chinese coast guard fired water cannons against its ships delivering supplies off disputed shoal
The Chinese coast guard targeted Philippine vessels with water cannon blasts and rammed one of them off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said.
A Chinese Pearl Harbor-style attack could end America's days as a superpower
As Americans pause to reflect on Imperial Japan’s brutal attack on Pearl Harbor — 82 years ago Thursday — the US military faces an even bigger threat coming from Asia...
Biden says US is willing to fight China on behalf of the Philippines following ship collision near disputed island
"The United States defense agreement with the Philippines is ironclad. Any attack on the Filipino aircraft, vessels or armed forces will invoke our mutual defense treaty with the Philippines," Biden...
Philippines condemns Chinese 'floating barrier' that prevents residents from entering, fishing in South China Sea
The Philippines on Sunday accused China's coast guard of installing a "floating barrier" in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying it prevented Filipinos from entering and fishing...
China responds to 'Barbie' movie featuring map that supports Beijing territory claims ruled illegal
China is dismissing the growing anger over the upcoming "Barbie" movie’s reported decision to feature a map that supports Beijing’s controversial territorial claims.
Ted Cruz shreds 'Barbie' movie for including 'Chinese propaganda' map
Senator Ted Cruz unleashed boxed-up anger at the upcoming "Barbie" movie for including what his office called Chinese communist propaganda in the anticipated summer blockbuster, out July 21.
Blinken forging ahead with Beijing trip despite alleged tongue-lashing in call with China
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will not cancel his long-delayed trip to Beijing this weekend despite the Saturday revelation that China built a spy base on Cuba, – but don't...
Video shows China ship's 'unsafe' maneuver with US destroyer in Taiwan Strait
The US Navy released a damning video Monday of a Chinese warship deliberately cutting across the path of the USS Chung-Hoon in the Taiwan Strait.
Chinese warship comes within 150 yards of US destroyer in latest act of aggression near Taiwan
The US told the Chinese ship to stay away from the destroyer and at the last moment the Chinese altered course.
Chinese vessel suspected of looting wrecked WWII battleships detained by Malaysia in South China Sea
The Malaysian coast guard initially detained the vessel -- a large bulk carrier ship -- for illegally anchoring in Malaysian territory in the South China Sea.
Frightening video shows Chinese fighter jet come within 400 feet of US Air Force plane
Frightening footage filmed from the cockpit of a US Air Force plane showed a Chinese fighter jet swerve dangerously close as the pair flew through international airspace over the South...
China enters waters off of Vietnam near Russian gas block in 'worrying escalation'
The move is Beijing’s latest escalatory step in the region after it first sent in the research vessel earlier this month along with at least one Chinese coast guard ship and nearly...
China boosting defense budget to $224B over Taiwan strife, Russia, Ukraine war
The authoritarianism government will now spend about $224 billion on its military, which is roughly twice as much as it did 10 years ago -- although still just over a...
Chinese military orders US Navy plane to stay away from its airspace
In a sign of growing tension between China and the US, the Chinese military warned a US plane to leave its airspace over the South China Sea.
US holds drills in South China Sea amid China balloon tensions
The 7th Fleet based in Japan said Sunday that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been conducting “integrated expeditionary strike force operations”...
NASA chief warns China could claim territory on the moon if it wins new 'space race'
China's burgeoning space program succeeded in establishing a new space station earlier this year.
Chinese fighter jet comes within 10 feet of US military aircraft in near collision
A Chinese military plane came within 10 feet of a U.S. air force aircraft in the contested South China Sea last week and forced it to take evasive maneuvers to...