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Indonesian navy personnel pull the mooring line of Chinese People's Liberation Army navy ship Kunlun Shan at Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya on Aug 2, 2026.
This photograph released by Taiwan's Military News Agency shows soldiers driving a personnel vehicle into a warship near Taiwan during the annual Han Kuang drill on Aug. 22, 2016.
Chinese and Indonesian ships in a joint exercise east of Taiwan, Aug. 12, 2026.
Crew members of Chinese People's Liberation Army navy ship Qi Jiguang wave as their ship prepares to dock past flags of China and Indonesia at Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya on Aug. 2, 2026.
Taiwanese fishermen display flags and placards before departing to Taiping island, part of the disputed Spratly Islands chain in the South China Sea, at a fishing harbour in southern Pingtung on July 20, 2016.
National Security Adviser Eduardo Año and Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson for the South China Sea Jay Tarriela stand next to a giant copy of the book "The Stories of Teacher Jun" during its launch at the National Library of the Philippines in Manila, Jan. 24, 2025.
The overlapping claims of China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
A teacher talks to students as classes open for the new school year at an elementary school in Manila on June 8, 2026.
A Filipino manufacturing operator is reflected on an Automatic Mould machine at a Philippine-based semiconductor manufacturing plant in Manila Sept. 20, 2005.
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on August 13, 2026.
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. addresses the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines in Manila, Aug. 14, 2026.
Passengers queue to enter the Diosdado Macapagal International airport, formerly Clark Air Base in Pampanga province north of Manila, March 26, 2008. Other parts of the former U.S. Air Base and the associated military reserve are today part of New Clark City, a planned community that will feature a new technology hub.
Workers inspect power devices at a Philippines-based semiconductor manufacturing plant in Manila Dec. 10, 2008.
A rally opposing a scaled-down defense budget passed by the legislature in Taipei on May 23, 2026.
Philippine military servicemen take part in a counter-landing live fire exercise during the annual US-Philippines joint military "Balikatan" exercise in Rizal, Palawan, Philippines, April 28, 2025.
An Oct. 12, 2025, photo distributed by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a China coast guard ship, right, deploying a water cannon at a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries vessel near Thitu Island in disputed waters of the South China Sea.
The overlapping claims of China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
Crew members stand aboard a Kuang Hua VI-class missile boat with a Taiwan flag in the background during the annual Han Kuang military exercises at a navy base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Aug. 8, 2026.
A Chinese Coast Guard ship fires a water cannon at Unaizah May 4, a Philippine Navy-chartered vessel, conducting a resupply mission to troops stationed at Second Thomas Shoal, on March 5, 2024 in the South China Sea.
An image from the "I Miss You on the South China Sea" music video produced by the Chinese government.
