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

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

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

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

There’s another way to tackle China’s exclusion of Filipino fisherfolk from the South China Sea: cutting off its access to ...

Footage shows the 340-foot oceanic research ship retrieving a deep-sea submersible and an unknown piece of equipment.

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China and the Philippines accused each other on Tuesday of dangerous manoeuvres in a hotly disputed shoal in the South China Sea, in the latest confrontation over the waterway.

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

MANILA: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is travelling to the Philippines on Tuesday (April 29) seeking to further ...

China's coast guard says it has taken control of a contested sandbank in the South China Sea ... holding joint military drills with the United States in the region. The Filipino and US militaries ...

China’s coast guard “implemented maritime control and exercised sovereign jurisdiction” over Sandy Cay in mid-April, state television channel CCTV reported Saturday.