The United States will deploy ship-sinking missiles to the Luzon Strait, a choke point for Chinese naval access to the Pacific Ocean, during a military ... links the South China Sea to the ...

China is secretly building a massive military command center southwest of Beijing. The 1,500-acre construction site is expected to dwarf the Pentagon.

Manila uses "West Philippine Sea" for waters in its maritime zone, where China's expanding presence challenges the U.S. ally.

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most ...