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 ...

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

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 ...