Chinese coast guard vessels have been passing by Japanese-claimed waters for weeks in the East China Sea and China’s warships have been edging near Japan’s southwestern islands in recent days ...

China has the ... Both are US allies. Beijing has, for decades, already been beefing up its coast guard with dozens of former People's Liberation Army Navy ships, including corvettes that were ...

and if China expands its own agency with vessels of that class, the region is set to be filled by warship-sized boats jockeying for dominance. For comparison, the US Coast Guard's largest cutters ...

Japan's coast guard already has five 6,500-ton patrol ships, and if China expands its own agency with vessels of that class, the region is set to be filled by warship-sized boats jockeying for ...

where a marine outpost has been maintained aboard a deliberately grounded warship since 1999. Personnel on board a China Coast Guard ship are seen from the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Cabra ...

Washington has rebuked Beijing following another collision between Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels ... in the South China Sea. "The United States stands with its ally, the Philippines ...

"The attitude of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as dictated by the Philippine laws, is for us to first ... The Philippine coast guard said Chinese coast guard and navy ships, along with ...

“The attitude of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as dictated by the Philippine laws, is for us to first ... The Philippine coast guard said Chinese coast guard and navy ships, along with ...