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The Philippine military demands that China stop "dangerous and offensive" actions in the South China Sea after a People's Liberation Army Navy ship performed "aggressive maneuvers" near the disputed Thitu Island last week.
2023-10-16

The Philippine Navy's Gregorio del Pilar-class frigate BRP "Gregorio del Pilar" (FF-15) runs aground on the disputed Half Moon Shoal in the South China Sea.
2018-08-29

China's People's Liberation Army Navy seizes an underwater drone deployed by USNS "Bowditch" in the South China Sea; the United States files a formal diplomatic protest and a demand for its return.
2016-12-16

As a result of talks between U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson and Chinese Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Admiral Wu Shengli about a U.S. warship's transit with 12 nautical miles of China's man-made islands in the South China Sea, the United States and China agree to maintain dialogue and follow Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea protocols, according to a U.S. official.
2015-10-29

The Philippines announces plans to increase its defense budget by 25% amid ongoing tension in the South China Sea.
2015-07-21

The Chinese navy issues warnings eight times as a United States Navy surveillance plane flies over manmade islands in the South China Sea.
2015-05-20

Taiwan plans to expand a pier on one of the disputed Spratly Islands, parts of which are also claimed by Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia and the Philippines, as the other claimants strengthen military deployment in the South China Sea.
2013-04-7

Police in Vietnam break up anti-China protests over gas and oil claims in the South China Sea.
2012-12-9

Vietnam said that a Chinese fishing boat had purposefully torn away a seismic research cable laid by Vietnam's Petrovietnam oil company inside Vietnam’s 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone.
2011-06-10

Hundreds of people in Vietnam take part in a rare demonstration against Chinese naval operations in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
2011-06-5