Chinese Forces Patrol Scarborough Shoal to ‘Defend Sovereignty’

fire, landing drills raise regional tension

CHINA has intensified its military presence across the Indo-Pacific, conducting live-fire drills, amphibious exercises, and expansive maritime patrols that analysts say are testing the resolve of regional powers and the United States. Last week, the Chinese military staged a sizable amphibious exercise across the Taiwan Strait, heightening anxieties in Taipei just as Beijing's oldest aircraft carrier, CNS Liaoning, led a formidable task group in…

PH Navy: No Chinese navy, coast guard patrols in Bajo de Masinloc

**media[16009]**The Philippine Navy (PN) denied the reported maritime patrol of the Chinese navy and coast guard in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal), West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Saturday, May 31.Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, PN spokesperson for WPS, said monitoring by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and PN in the WPS, including the sovereign waters around Bajo de Masinloc, and the country’s entire 200-nautical mile…

Chinese forces patrol Scarborough Shoal to ‘defend sovereignty’

Show of force comes a day after state broadcaster airs rare footage of Chinese military drills on a contested reef of the Spratly Islands.

China’s navy conducts combat patrols near disputed South China Sea shoal

China’s drills near the Scarborough Shoal came as South Korea announced finding new Chinese buoys in the Yellow Sea.

China conducts 'combat readiness' patrols in Scarborough despite PH's assertion of sovereignty

China's Southern Theatre navy conducted combat readiness patrols on Saturday