The Philippines' defense chief warned of "an increasing demand by Beijing for us to concede our sovereign rights." ...
China has held sea and air combat drills at disputed Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited area of reefs and rocks it had seized from the Philippines in the South China Sea ...
Some modernized versions of China’s H-6 bomber are now capable of launching ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads ...
Whipps also voiced unease about Beijing's efforts to flex its muscles in the contested channels of the South China Sea.