The presence of a Chinese research ship comes after Beijing's warships circumnavigated Australia less than a month ago.

As Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was about to call a national election on 28 March, a Chinese state-owned marine research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao was quietly transiting Bass Strait.

Beijing wants a lackey in Canberra – not a leader – and the PM’s response to yet another Chinese vessel cruising through Australian waters shows why he fits the bill perfectly, writes Caleb ...

“China does send ships to spy on us. Every single year it has a spy ship surveil Talisman Sabre exercises … but the context is different this time,” Ms Parker, an expert associate at the ...

THE Philippine Navy on Thursday said it monitored a Chinese aircraft carrier, six escort ships and a spy ship near the country’s northernmost islands on Tuesday, describing their passage as “unusual” ...