Getting to the Second Thomas Shoal took months of negotiations ... Their first approach was blocked by Chinese coast guard ships. By late afternoon on our first day there, three more Chinese ...

He was referencing real-time ship tracking data that showed Chinese ships nearly crowding the shoal and reef. Both Mischief ...

Increasingly more Chinese coast guard ships are patrolling Second Thomas Shoal, First Thomas Shoal, and Half Moon Shoal, all within the Filipino EEZ or Exclusive Economic Zone, waters 380 kilometers ...

It was the first Philippine government supply trip to the Second Thomas Shoal ... like in the past to demand that each other's ships leave the shoal immediately. Also, for the first time at ...

While skirmishes between Chinese and Philippine ships have been increasing across the South China Sea, Monday’s incident marks the first time ... on the Second Thomas Shoal to stake its claim ...

A new children's book celebrates the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, a symbol of the Chesapeake Bay that's celebrating its 150th anniversary.

Trump’s “America First ... Thomas Shoal. Washington has repeatedly warned that it’s obligated to defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Philippine forces, ships ...

The official said that the two incidents near Second Thomas Shoal ... But this was the first time Philippine officials have reported their vessels being hit by China’s ships.