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

IN RECENT days, China and the Philippines have put on view, in what observers described as competing photo opportunities, ...

Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

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

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

BEIJING — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea , days after ...

The Philippine military on Sunday hit back at China by planting a flag at the disputed Sandy Cay reef days after Beijing had conducted a similar operation, the Philippine News Agency reported.

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines on Monday rejected China’s claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the ...