"The leaders discussed their respective diplomacy with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and their shared concerns about the PRC's coercive and destabilising activities, including in the South China Sea," read the White House press release.
She said that US President Joe Biden is hosting Quad Summit in Delaware, as it is his state and he wants to showcase the importance of his personal ties with Quad leaders.
US lawmaker and the Chairman of the Select Committee on Strategic Competition With China, John Moolenaar, in a statement given on Wednesday, highlighted China's interventions and malicious intentions of harming the US and countries located in the South China Sea.
Chinese ambitions - "the grand rejuvenation of the Chinese nation", as Chairman Xi Jinping calls it - are almost unbridled in their scope. As well as seeking to dominate nearby territory such as Taiwan, the mountainous border with India, international waters in the South China Sea and the ic
The ship went back after five months of patrolling around Sabina, a shoal within the Philippine exclusive economic zone where China is accused of carrying out illegal reclamation activities.
The joint statement was released following the meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis in Vilinus on September 12.
At the 10th Bilateral Consultation Mechanism meeting on the South China Sea held on September 11 in Beijing, Philippines Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma Theresa Lazaro said her country has jurisdiction over the shoal even as Beijing is demanding that Manila leave the feature.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that China will actively promote "balanced, objective and rational voices" and will aim to create the required conditions for an early ceasefire and a political settlement amidst the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the South China Morning Pos
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy discussed mutual measures needed to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea
China's top legislative body, National People's Congress, reviewed a proposal to gradually increase the retirement age, the South China Morning Post reported. The retirement age for men is 60 while the retirement age for females in urban settings is 50 in blue-collar jobs and 55 in white-col
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma praised the MoU between Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) and Govt of Assam in urban planning and management and said MoU will enable better urban planning and management of Guwahati.