The incident marks the second confrontation this week between Manila and Beijing over disputed South China Sea islands.

China and Vietnam have long had a maritime agreement governing the Gulf of Tonkin, but have been locked in competing claims in the nearby South China Sea over the Spratly and Paracel Islands and ...

China has called on the United Kingdom to respect its interests in the South China Sea and avoid provoking tensions in the ...

Australia separately protested last month after accusing a Chinese J-16 fighter jet of firing flares that passed within 30 ...

Chinese internet users have sparked controversy by claiming the Philippine province of Palawan as part of China, prompting ...

China's foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun in turn accused the Australian military aircraft of "deliberately" intruding into airspace over the disputed Paracel Islands, which China claims.

Beijing has hit back at Canberra after Australia demanded answers as to why a Chinese warplane dropped flares on a Royal Australian Air Force surveillance aircraft.

Crewmembers of a Vietnamese coast guard patrol ship monitor an approaching China Maritime Safety Administration patrol ship near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, July 15, 2014 (Kyodo ...

China and Vietnam have long had a maritime agreement governing the Gulf of Tonkin, but have been locked in competing claims in the nearby South China Sea over the Spratly and Paracel Islands and ...