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

The Philippine military responded to the landing of Chinese forces on Sandy Cay reef by carrying out a similar operation, ...

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

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

The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...

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

The Philippines on Monday, April 28, 2025, rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after ...

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 ...

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

BEIJING — 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 uninhabited ...