Beijing protests over USS Higgins’ presence near Scarborough Shoal while American navy says its presence is lawful.

China's military released a statement Wednesday that the destroyer Higgins entered the South China Sea unlawfully, according ...

The U.S. 7th Fleet rejected as “false” a claim by China that Chinese forces drove a U.S. destroyer away from a contested ...

The statement comes two days after Chinese ships collided during a confrontation with a Philippine government supply mission.

The US Navy on Thursday denied China’s claim that the Chinese military expelled its guided missile destroyer USS Higgins from ...

This comes after a Chinese warship crashed into one of its own country's coast guard vessels as it chased a patrol boat ...

The U.S. sent two warships to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where two Chinese ships recently collided while ...

US denies China’s claim of expelling USS Higgins from Scarborough The United States Navy on Thursday denied Chinese claims ...

American and Chinese naval vessels clashed near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, escalating tensions in ...

The US Navy's operation was the first in the South China Sea's Scarborough Shoal region in at least six years.

It is the first known US military operation in at least six years within the shoal’s waters. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A chilling face off has taken place when Chinese warships confronted an American destroyer in disputed waters in the South ...