The Philippines pushed back by unfurling its own flag at disputed Sandy Cay, condemning China's "illegal presence." ...

China and the Philippines each raised flags on Sandy Cay days apart, asserting rival claims. Analysts say Beijing aimed to ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...

THE CHINESE coastguard has seized control of a reef near a Philippine military base, threatening to inflame tensions in the ...

China has "implemented maritime governance and asserted its sovereign authority" over an uninhabited reef in the contested ...

The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested ...

Chinese media says coastguard units entered remote sandbank, known in China as Tiexian Reef, ‘to exercise sovereignty’ ...

The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S.