The United States and its allies recently held several naval drills near the Philippines, which has upset China ...
More drills involving U.S., Japanese, and French naval forces are scheduled later this week in the Philippine Sea.
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A destabilizing presence
Against this backdrop, it is clear that China is the destabilizing influence in the South China Sea and that its harassment ...
Beijing has repeatedly asserted sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and accused ... sandbars flanked by an artificial island base of Chinese forces and a Philippines-occupied island ...