Warning comes after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth visits Philippines and Japan with pledges to boost defence cooperation.

Those who willingly become pawns will inevitably be discarded,’ Chen Xiaodong, vice-minister of foreign affairs, tells Boao ...

The same day, the United States, Japan and the Philippines held naval drills in the South China Sea. The Philippine embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

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The U.S. and its Philippine ally are also planning special forces training in the closest province to China-claimed Taiwan.

China's foreign ministry warns against the Philippines starting a conflict in the South China Sea with U.S. support. The ...

The G7 ministers' rebuke of China's maritime actions was expressed in a March 14 joint declaration on maritime security that ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's "ironclad" commitment to a defence treaty with the Philippines on ...

The Chinese have reinstalled floating barriers around Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, apparently to prevent Filipino fishermen ...

He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ... guard homed in on and sought to obstruct a Philippine government mission near a hotly contested ...

we really hope that we look at this as an issue which concerns Philippine interests specifically and not any other country,” added Manalo, still referring to Wang’s latest statements. China ...

Recently, senior officials from the Philippine defense department and navy have repeatedly denigrated China's South China Sea ...