Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...

Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbor of Hawaii with a vast Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.6 million square kms (1.4 million square miles) has developed close ties to Beijing in recent years including ...

The Beijing coast guard has seized a disputed island in the South China Sea, escalating a long-running territory dispute with the Philippines. Chinese coast guard officers 'implemented ...