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By, With, and Through at the Second Thomas Shoal

Chinese security experts surmise that Washington's commitment may waver when faced with a great war over a small reef, as it did during the 2012 ...

The Absence of War in the U.S.-China Confrontation over Quemoy ...

EISENHOWER AND MOST AMERICAN HISTORIANS have given September 3, 1954, when Chinese Communist shore batteries opened fire on the Nationalist-held offshore island ...

South China Sea: How We Got to This Stage

In China , it is widely believed that it is the US 's Asia-Pacific rebalance strategy, its taking sides on disputes in the South China Sea , and ...

US warns Beijing on South China Sea tensions - BBC News

Last week, Chinese and Vietnamese ships clashed over the drilling rig that China has placed in waters near the disputed Paracel Islands. China ...

Navigating Troubled Waters: The Rise of Military Tensions in the ...

During that year, there was naval collision warfare between Vietnam and China on the Islands of Parcell. These were Vietnamese islands that ...

How Should the U.S. Respond to China's Brazen Pursuit of Spratly ...

In recent weeks, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has dispatched ships and other maritime forces to the disputed Spratly islands near ...

The War of 2026: Phase III Scenario - U.S. Naval Institute

A Taiwan Army tank maneuvers to defend the shore against Chinese PLA forces. In the scenario, China has seized Taiwan's offshore islands and ...

Understanding the South China Sea Dispute

The dispute is ostensibly over the jurisdiction and administration of the maritime features—shoals, reefs, rocks, and islands—territorial waters, and exclusive ...

Taiwan Acknowledges Presence of U.S. Troops on Outlying Islands

As tensions rise with China, Taiwan's defense minister has hinted that U.S. troops have been training the Taiwanese military on outlying ...

China's Fight for Tiny Islands — The Taiwan Straits Crises, 1954-58

Under the threat of U.S. force and through bilateral negotiations with China, the PRC backed down and ended the shelling of the both the Tachen Island chain and ...

South China Sea - EIA

Without significant onshore potential, they have invested in offshore technology, pipeline networks, and drilling. Contested areas. Paracel Islands. The Paracel ...

Confronting China's Maritime Expansion in the South China Sea

For more than two decades, China has harassed US naval and air operations and, since 2015, has protested US overflight and freedom of navigation ...

The U.S. Industrial Base Is Not Prepared for a Possible Conflict with ...

Unlike in Ukraine, where the country's western border is wide open for weapons shipments, Taiwan is an island. A Chinese blockade and long-range fire ...

Formosa and the Offshore Islands in American Policy, 1950-1955

Defeated on the mainland by the Com- munists, the Chinese National Government removed to Formosa in December 1949. When Chiang Kai-shek formally resumed the.

What is the South China Sea dispute? - BBC News

The US says it does not take sides in territorial disputes, but has sent military ships and planes near disputed islands in what it calls " ...

Preventing War in the Taiwan Strait | Crisis Group

The danger of armed confrontation over Taiwan is growing, raising the spectre of a direct conflict between China and the US that would have severe global ...

The Rising Environmental Toll of China's Offshore Island Grab

To stake its claim in the strategic South China Sea, China is building airstrips, ports, and other facilities on disputed islands and reefs.

China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea

In particular, China's maritime law enforcement in the disputed islands and waters caused rising tensions between China and Vietnam. The ...

Get Ready: China-Japan Tensions Set to Flare over East China Sea

An outburst of provocative Chinese military and coast guard activity in the skies and waters around the islands followed these events. These activities have ...

East China Sea - EIA

China, Taiwan, and Japan all claim sovereignty over the islands, which are under Japanese administration, preventing wide-scale exploration and development of ...