
Beijing said Wednesday its military drove away a US destroyer that sailed near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. China said the ship illegally entered its territorial waters, according to Reuters. The People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater Command (PLA) said the incident seriously violated China’s sovereignty and ...

At least nine aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army entered Taiwan’s self-declared air defense identification zone, the island’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said that the Chinese warplanes flew around the waters southwest of the island. The maneuvers involved two Y-8 electronic surveillance aircraft, four J-16 ...