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China's coast guard is looking even more like its '2nd navy,' with 'Monster' ships, a destroyer-level vessel, and a rumored drone carrier
China's coast guard fleet is the largest in the world, and it's looking to beef itself up with a de…
Matthew Loh
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China's ships are getting bigger and more aggressive, and Japan is scrambling to keep up
China's massive Coast Guard and a new law expanding what it can do have worried its neighbors, mayb…
Benjamin Brimelow
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'Only pirates do this,' a general said after China's Coast Guard, armed with bladed weapons, clashed with Philippine boats in the South China Sea
He called China out, accusing its Coast Guard of behaving like pirates. It may not be piracy, but i…
Ella Sherman
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China's shipbuilders are teasing a new coast guard 'mothership,' and there's talk it could be an aircraft or drone carrier
The words used for "mothership" in China also mean "carrier," leading to speculation it could be a …
Matthew Loh
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Filipino soldiers who faced off against Chinese coast guards armed with axes and knives given medals
80 Filipino soldiers were given medals after a clash last week with China's coast guard, who came a…
Thibault Spirlet
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One of China's neighbors says it's pulled a key patrol vessel out of the South China Sea after a 5-month standoff
The Philippines says it's withdrawn one of its key patrol vessels from waters around the disputed S…
Thibault Spirlet
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China is exploiting weakness in the South China Sea with its deceptive 'second navy'
"What we have is a situation in East Asia where China in particular is not using naval vessels to i…
Alex Lockie
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Wild video captures a Chinese Coast Guard ship collide with a Philippine vessel while battering it with a powerful water cannon
It's the latest of recent confrontations between China and the Philippines in the contested South C…
Chris Panella
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China's South China Sea strategy takes a hit as the US Navy threatens to get tough on Beijing's sea forces
The Department of Defense for the first time dragged this paramilitary force out of the shadows in …
Ryan Pickrell
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This massive, crumbling shipwreck-turned-military station has become the latest flashpoint in tense US-China relations. Take a look inside.
The grounded ship-turned-military outpost, known as the Sierra Madre, was originally the USS LST-82…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Video shows Chinese coast guard brandishing an ax in a low-tech clash with the Philippines navy
The Philippines released video showing Chinese coast guard brandishing weapons during a tense encou…
Mia Jankowicz
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China says it picked up a submarine detector dropped by a US Navy aircraft in the South China Sea
A video shared by Chinese state media shows a US Navy plane dropping something into the sea. China …
Chris Panella
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As fears of war brew, China and Taiwan are still joining forces to rescue lost fishermen, Taipei says
Taiwan has worked with China 17 times to save 119 people in the strait over the last three years, T…
Matthew Loh
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One of China's neighbors is sending out more naval patrols to challenge its attempts to dominate the South China Sea
The Philippines says it has ratcheted up naval patrols and air surveillance in the South China Sea …
Thibault Spirlet
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Beijing's 'monster ship,' the world's largest coastguard vessel, dropped anchor in the South China Sea
The 12,000-ton CCG 5901 anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone earlier this week, ramping up …
Cameron Manley
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Taiwan says it backed down from retrieving one of its fishing vessels seized by China to avoid escalation
Taiwan's Coast Guard said it rushed two patrol boats to the scene of the seizure of the Dajinman 88…
Mia Jankowicz
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The Coast Guard is taking a frontline role against US foes on the other side of the world
Encounters far from home in April underscored the Coast Guard's growing overseas role, which is set…
Christopher Woody
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On the frontline against China, the US Coast Guard is taking on missions the US Navy can't do
The Coast Guard is stepping up its Pacific presence, sailing to "places that move the needle a litt…
Christopher Woody
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Chinese Ships Are Sailing Near Disputed Islands Claimed By Japan
Japan's conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed no compromise on sovereignty of the island…
Agence France Presse
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South Korea fired on Chinese boats illegally in its waters
Additional reports point out that China uses its fishing fleet to muscle other countries out of imp…