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

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

Chinese state media says Beijing's coast guard has "implemented maritime control" over the Tiexian Reef during an ongoing ...

China a day earlier said it had seized control of the Tiexian Reef, also known as Sandy Cay. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Both countries are vying for sovereignty over an uninhabited reef in the South China Sea. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

The two countries have previously jostled over Sandy Cay, known as Tiexian Reef in Chinese and Pag-asa Cays in the ...

The Philippines has denied a Chinese Coast Guard report that China had “dealt ... Monday that China had taken over Sandy Cay or that a Philippine mission on Sunday to Sandy Cay – a reef ...

Tiny Sandy Cay is strategically vital due to proximity to largest island occupied by Philippines in Spratly archipelago ...