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

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

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

Chinese coastguard officers have seized a strip of land in the South China Sea in a major escalation of a territorial dispute ...

The Chinese coastguard has seized a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, state media has reported, in an escalation of a ...

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

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 ...

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

China has seized a disputed reef just kilometres away from the Philippines’ most important military outpost in the South ...

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

The Philippines said on Monday there was no truth to news reports that Beijing has seized control of a disputed reef in the ...