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News Articles: south china sea

Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for U.S. map users, prompting criticism from Mexico.

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Who will call it the Gulf of America? A look at this and other naming disputes

Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico on its U.S. maps, and Mexico is pushing back. This wouldn't be the first body of water to have different names according to different countries.

February 03, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, center, walks out after a bilateral meeting with China's Defense Minister Dong Jun on the sidelines of the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on Friday.

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  • Asia

U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs hold first official meeting in Singapore

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart met for the first time in Singapore on Friday, as Washington and Beijing seek to head off potential conflict in the region.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Vincent Ni and
  • Emily Feng
An aerial view taken on March 9, 2023, shows Thitu Island in the South China Sea.

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  • World

On a remote island, a test of wills between the Philippines and China

About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.

April 11, 2024
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  • Emily Feng
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies during the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2023 at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea, on Oct. 17, 2023.

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  • Asia

A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of a B-52 bomber, U.S. military says

A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of an American B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea, nearly causing an accident, the U.S. military said.

October 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Protesters wave flags and hold placards in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makati, Metro Manila on July 12, 2023, during a demonstration held to mark the seventh anniversary of an international arbitral ruling that voided China's historical claims to the South China Sea, including the nine-dash line.

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  • World

After a review, 'Barbie' movie will show in the Philippines, after all

The country's film regulator has decided that a map shown in the movie does not depict China's controversial nine-dash line.

July 12, 2023
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  • Ashley Westerman
Margot Robbie poses for the media prior to a news conference of the movie <em>Barbie</em> in Seoul, South Korea, Monday. The film is to be released in the country on July 19.

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  • World

After Vietnam, the Philippines could be next to ban 'Barbie.' Here's why

Film regulators in the Philippines are reviewing Barbie after a senator said a scene depicts a map that China uses to lay claim to nearly all of the South China Sea.

July 06, 2023
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  • Ashley Westerman
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin walks past military guards during arrival honors at the Department of National Defense in Camp Aguinaldo military camp on Feb. 2, 2023 in Quezon City, Manila, Philippines.

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  • Asia

The U.S. and the Philippines agree to a larger American military presence

The Department of Defense announced the move that is widely seen as a way to deter China's influence in the region amid a visit to the Philippines by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

February 02, 2023
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  • Ashley Westerman
A Chinese J-11 military fighter jet flies above the Taiwan Strait near Pingtan, the closest land of mainland China to the island of Taiwan, in southeastern China's Fujian Province on Aug. 5, 2022.

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  • Asia

The U.S. says Chinese intercept could have caused an air collision

The U.S. military said that the incident occurred Dec. 21 when a Chinese jet fighter flew in front of and within 20 feet of the nose of a U.S. military reconnaissance plane.

December 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
China's Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe speaks at a plenary session during the 19th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Sunday, June 12, 2022.

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  • Asia

China accuses the U.S. of trying to hijack support in Asia

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had stressed the need for multilateral partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, which China's defense minister suggested was an attempt to back his country into a corner.

June 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut smacked an undersea mountain, the Navy says. The vessel is seen here leaving Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton for a trip across the Pacific Ocean in May.

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  • National

A U.S. submarine struck an underwater mountain last month, the Navy says

An investigation found that the USS Connecticut "grounded on an uncharted seamount," the 7th Fleet said. Eleven crew members were injured in the Oct. 2 collision.

November 02, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
The USS Connecticut, seen near the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 2016, collided on Oct. 2 with an unspecified underwater object in international waters in the South China Sea.

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  • National Security

A U.S. Navy submarine collides with an underwater object in the South China Sea

A Defense Department official says nearly a dozen sailors were injured in the incident aboard the USS Connecticut. The U.S. 7th Fleet says the sub's nuclear power plant was not affected.

October 08, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
A U.S. Navy hovercraft prepares to hit the beach during amphibious-landing exercises as part of an annual joint U.S.-Philippine military exercise on the shores of San Antonio, facing the South China Sea, in Zambales province, Philippines, on April 11, 2019.

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  • World

4 Things To Know After The Philippines Kept Its Pact With The U.S. Military

After threatening since last year to cancel it, President Rodrigo Duterte decided to restore the agreement that enables U.S. forces to operate in the Philippines. Here's why that matters.

August 06, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy
Overview of Whitsun Reef in the South China Sea and Chinese vessels moored in the waters surrounding the boomerang-shaped coral reef on March 23.

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  • Asia

Chinese Ship Deployment Roils South China Sea

China has provoked international alarm by massing ships in the South China Sea near a reef claimed by both China and the Philippines. Manila protested, calling for the flotilla's immediate withdrawal.

March 26, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy
Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following.

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  • Technology

Facebook Removes Chinese Accounts Posting About Foreign Policy, 2020 Election

Most of the operation's activity focused on Chinese interests in the South China Sea but also included some content about U.S. politics.

September 22, 2020
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  • Shannon Bond
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, pictured last month, spoke with his Chinese counterpart Thursday amid strained relations between the two countries.

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  • National Security

Pentagon Chief Esper Talks With Chinese Counterpart As Tensions Soar

Defense Secretary Mark Esper and his Chinese counterpart lectured one another in a 90-minute call as the highest level U.S. delegation in four decades plans a provocative visit to Taiwan.

August 06, 2020
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  • David Welna
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