China sea
China installs cruise missiles on South China Sea outposts: CNBC report
The move, if confirmed, would mark the first Chinese missile deployments in the Spratly Islands, where several Asian countries including Vietnam and Taiwan have...
Neighbours Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims on the strategic waterway.
China said it had 'irrefutable' sovereignty over disputed islands after the White House vowed to defend 'international territories'..
The heads of 10 Southeast Asian nations reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace, stability & security.
The US officials said they hoped the US diplomatic initiative would be more successful in Indonesia.
China vowed again to ignore the ruling and said its armed forces would defend its sovereignty.
The incident comes a week after China scrambled fighter jets as a US Navy sailed close to a disputed reef.
Eleven crew of a Chinese cargo ship are missing following a collision with a container ship off Hong Kong.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered stronger surveillance near disputed island territories.