(Reuters) – Tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea have erupted into a war of words on social media, in what analysts see as a change in US strategy amid a growing superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia. FILE PHOTO: Chinese and American flags fly in …
Read More »American aircraft carriers return to the South China Sea amid mounting tensions
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Navy USS Nimitz aircraft carrier receives fuel from the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe during an ongoing replenishment in the South China Sea on July 7 2020. US Navy / Christopher Bosch / Brochure via REUTERS. HANOI (Reuters) – For the second time …
Read More »South China Sea operations show the United States ‘is not backing down’
U.S. Navy multipurpose fighter landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) while sailing in the South China Sea on October 16, 2019. Catherine Lai | AFP | fake pictures The US Navy exercise in the disputed South China Sea over the weekend was about …
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On Thursday afternoon, residents of Aceh, Indonesia, waded back and forth in the water helping Rohingya refugees get to safety. The exhausted children were passed between rescuers. On Lancok Beach, where the survivors gathered, a man knelt with his head on the sand, grateful to be alive. Another hugged a …
Read More »Amid a pandemic, Southeast Asian nations warn of ‘alarming’ incidents in the South China Sea
FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at Davao International Airport in Davao City, Southern Philippines, on September 8, 2018. REUTERS / Lean Daval Jr HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam and the Philippines warned of growing insecurity in Southeast Asia at a regional summit on Friday amid concerns that China would step …
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