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

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

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

China seized an island in the South China Sea, unfurling its flag amid growing tensions with the Philippines ... uses to ...

China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area.

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

Philippine Marines, National Police officers and Coast Guard members landed on three contested South China Sea features today ...

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

weeks after China’s coast guard unfurled the nation’s flag atop a sandbank also claimed by the Philippines in the South China Sea. Responding to a question from The Straits Times during a ...

China has claimed sovereignty over an uninhabited reef in the South China Sea, according to state media, setting the stage ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines on Monday rejected China's claim to a group of ... team members holding up the Philippine flag. The Chinese coast guard described the Philippine landing as ...