China established an air defense zone for the purpose of identification and early warning in the East China Sea.

The disputed East China Sea islets claimed by both China and Japan have long been a sticking point in bilateral relations. China calls the islands Diaoyu, while Japan calls them Senkaku. Sign up here.

The British and Australian militaries have challenged China's claims over the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea with a "freedom of navigation" operation. Newsweek reached out to the ...

China has begun construction of a new structure in waters between China and Japan in the disputed East China Sea, the ...

Introduction Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku by the Japanese and the Diaoyu by ...

China is also developing the means to potentially wrest control of the East China Sea and Yellow Sea from their other great regional foe, Japan. All this was unthinkable a decade ago.

Over the past 10 to 15 years, the South China Sea (SCS) has emerged as an arena of U.S.-China strategic competition. China’s actions in the SCS—including extensive island-building and base ...

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011.

The East China Sea disputes concern territorial sovereignty over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, together with the fisheries resources of the surrounding waters and hydrocarbon reserves beneath the seabed ...