The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...

The Chinese naval drills in the waters between Australia and New Zealand have prompted airlines to divert flights.

In January, three Chinese naval vessels completed a 339-day anti-piracy deployment in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off ...

Both Australia and New Zealand have another worry, that China may be strengthening its ability to deploy its forces in the ...

An unusual series of military exercises by Chinese warships in the sea between Australia and New Zealand has prompted reproval from leaders in both countries about the amount of warning given ...

Australia's defense forces, joined by close ally New Zealand, have been monitoring ... an Australian air force plane patrolling the South China Sea. Beijing swiftly hit back, accusing the ...

Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge, our new ... China's response "might not be that simple" this time. The South China Sea has increasingly become a source of international tension. Last week ...

Chinese warships have been circling Australia’s coastline, conducting live-fire drills near New Zealand in an assertive ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian and New ... with China have improved in recent years, but relations between the two militaries are dangerous. Australia protested what it described as an ...

Australia’s $4 billion taxpayer-funded Pacific bank has signed a deal to upgrade one of Papua New Guinea’s major ... plane had a near miss in the South China Sea near the disputed Paracel ...