China Sea

American  

noun

1. the East China Sea and the South China Sea, taken together.

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China Sea British  

noun

1. part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China: divided by Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south

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China Sea

The remarks came a day after the envoy slammed China's "dangerous conduct" following a clash between Philippine and Chinese sailors at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

On Monday, Philippine and Chinese sailors clashed at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea in what was the first serious seaborne encounter in months.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

The speck was at Scarborough Shoal, a much-contested reef in the South China Sea, a maritime thoroughfare for about a quarter of the world’s seaborne trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

“What China appears to be doing here is ‘salami-slicing’ its way toward eventual habitation,” said Ray Powell, executive director at the SeaLight Foundation, which tracks so-called “gray-zone activities” in the South China Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

In the South China Sea, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, twenty-six-year-old Navy Lieutenant Everett Alvarez zipped up his flight suit.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin