China Increases Patrols Near Scarborough Shoal

Earlier this month, China declared new "baselines" around Scarborough Reef, a large coral atoll topped by a handful of rocks ...
MANILA--The Philippines challenged China on Monday to open Scarborough Shoal to international scrutiny after it accused Beijing of destroying the shoal’s marine environment. Maritime tension has ...
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 BEIJING -- China held sea ...