Chinese researchers have completed a large-scale geological exploration mission near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. In a first for ... reports on the survey attracted ...

making the Trump administration the first to state that the two countries' 72-year-old mutual defense treaty covers potential scuffles in Scarborough Shoal as well. Though the U.S. confirmed its ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese 104-meter research vessel appears to be surveying off Scarborough ... to have begun a survey,” Sealight director Ray Powell said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

A Philippine Coast Guard ship (R) sails past a Chinese Coast Guard ship near Scarborough Shoal in 2019. AFP The first two days of the tense standoff ended when the Philippine Navy warship withdrew ...

Two days later, China published a set of geographic coordinates for 16 base points around Scarborough Shoal, the first time it has done so for territory also claimed by the Philippines.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese report on the waters around the disputed fishing ground of Scarborough ... as satellite surveys have shown that the environmental quality of the shoal is excellent ...

Chinese researchers have completed a large-scale geological exploration mission near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. In a first for such expeditions ... Chinese state media ...