The Latest Breaking News from the South China Sea

Long dominated by the United States, the Asia-Pacific region is grappling with an increasingly assertive China. Tensions are mounting around Taiwan and in the South China Sea, both in the air and on the water, with numerous incidents of late involving Chinese fighter planes, collisions between ships and reefs being…

CNOOC's oilfield discovery in the South China Sea enhances China's energy security and production capacity, reducing reliance on foreign oil imports.

What is adding to tensions in the South China Sea is the overall deterioration in ties between China and the Philippines

The "Two Sessions" -- parallel meetings of China's rubber-stamp parliament and political consultative body -- offer a rare glimpse into the strategy of President Xi Jinping's Communist Party-led government for the year ahead.