The statement comes two days after Chinese ships collided during a confrontation with a Philippine government supply mission.

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is forcefully denying Chinese claims that it “expelled” the American destroyer USS Higgins from waters near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ...

The United States is disputing China’s claim that it chased away an American warship conducting a freedom of navigation ...

The U.S. 7th Fleet rejected as “false” a claim by China that Chinese forces drove a U.S. destroyer away from a contested ...

China's military released a statement Wednesday that the destroyer Higgins entered the South China Sea unlawfully, according ...

PLA Southern Theatre Command says USS Higgins was warned to leave the area where two Chinese ships reportedly collided this ...

American and Chinese naval vessels clashed near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, escalating tensions in ...

A chilling face off has taken place when Chinese warships confronted an American destroyer in disputed waters in the South ...

American and Chinese naval vessels clashed near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, escalating tensions in ...

The U.S. sent two warships to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where two Chinese ships recently collided while ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer's FONOP at Scarborough Shoal brings Washington's presence to the Chinese-Philippine South China Sea ...

The Chinese military said on Wednesday it monitored and "drove away" a U.S. destroyer that sailed near the disputed ...