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

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines on Monday rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after ...

The hoisting of the Philippine national flag on Sandy Cay on Sunday (April 27) reaffirms President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s commitment that the Philippines will not yield even a square inch ...

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 ... kicked off their annual Balikatan – meaning “shoulder to shoulder” – military exercises ...

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 ...

Another photo showed four officers holding up a Chinese flag in what the broadcaster ... On April 21, the US and the Philippines kicked off their annual Balikatan – meaning “shoulder to ...

THE CHINESE coastguard has seized control of a reef near a Philippine military base, threatening to inflame tensions in the disputed region. Four Chinese coastguard officials dressed in black were ...

Photos published by Chinese media show members of the coastguard planting the national flag on Sandy Cay, known in China as Tiexian Reef. The small sandbank lies close to Thitu Island, also known as ...