Several Chinese nationals have been charged with espionage in the Philippines for allegedly collecting intelligence on critical infrastructure and naval assets—including U.S. warships—amid growing tensions between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea.

China's new barges can transport military equipment across treacherous landing sites. This asset would be critical in a Taiwan invasion.

Taiwan's defence minister on Friday dismissed China's complaints about a collision between a Taiwanese navy ship and Chinese trawler in the sensitive Taiwan Strait, saying Taipei will continue to carry out military exercises as needed.

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 11 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of March 28.

In 2020, the Office of Naval Intelligence told Congress that Chinese naval ships are now “in many cases comparable” to their U.S. counterparts and that China was “quickly closing the gap” in design quality.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft took center stage in Australia’s and New Zealand’s joint response during a surprise appearance last month of Chinese warships sailing around Australia, while the nations’ numbers of surface combatants have been dwindling, according to officials and analysts.

Aerial footage appears to show a floating barrier installed by China to prevent Philippine fishing boats from entering the disputed Scarborough Shoal.

The United States, Japan and the Philippines staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness Friday off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a Chinese military ship kept watch from a distance.

A Taiwanese Navy ship and a Chinese fishing boat collided in waters off central Taiwan on Thursday amid heightened tensions between the two armies. The Taiwanese Navy said its landing ship, Chung Ho, collided with the Chinese trawler Minlianyu 61756 just after midnight on Thursday.

A Taiwanese navy landing ship and a Chinese fishing boat collided early on Thursday outside of restricted waters, and there were no injuries, the Taiwanese navy said.