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A China Coast Guard ship monitors a Philippine fisherman aboard his wooden boat in the disputed South China Sea, May 16, 2024.
An image from "I Miss You on the South China Sea," a music video produced by the Chinese government.
Philippines' Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., speaks during a bilateral meeting with Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Manila, May 5, 2026.
The overlapping claims of China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
Members of the Living History Society, acting as Japanese soldiers, re-enact a scene of the "Battle of the Pockets" between allied and Japanese forces during World War II, at Camp Aguinaldo in Manila on March 25, 2017.
Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, left, and the Philippines' Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., after their meeting in Manila, May 5, 2026.
Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, left, and Philippines Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro at the Balikatan joint military exercises between U.S., Australian, Filipino and Japanese troops in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, May 6, 2026.
China still rejects the ruling, and opinion remains divided on how to resolve the dispute.
A Dec. 4, 2024 photo shows a China Coast Guard ship, right, deploying a water cannon at the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessel BRP Datu Pagbuaya near Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea.
A Su-30 fighter jet from China’s Southern Theater Command is seen flying over Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Dec. 29, 2024.
Philippine military chief Gen. Romeo Brawner speaks at military headquarters in Manila, Oct. 3, 2025.
The overlapping claims of China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
A protest marking the 8th anniversary of the 2016 arbitration ruling over China's claims in the South China Sea, in Quezon City, Philippines, July 12, 2024. "Atin ito!" means "This is ours!" in Tagalog.
A map of the first and second Pacific island chains.
Philippine marines take position next to U.S. amphibious assault vehicles during an amphibious landing exercise at the beach of the Philippine navy training center facing the South China Sea in San Antonio, Zambales province, Philippines on Oct. 6, 2018.
A member of the Philippine Navy looks out at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Takanami during a joint maritime exercise in the South China Sea on June 14, 2025.
Two Philippine Air Force FA-50s, left, flying alongside two U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles over the South China Sea during joint maritime and air patrols, Nov. 21, 2023.
Taipei and Beijing are integrating autonomous tech to monitor remote outposts in the South China Sea.
Analysts say an environmental survey in disputed waters is really meant to normalize Beijing’s presence there.
Experts say South China Sea buildup is linked to Taiwan, but the report’s scenario is unlikely if war breaks out.
