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

Chinese ‘declare sovereignty’ at Tiexian Reef in South China Sea amid escalating territorial tensions with Manilla ...

BEIJING -- China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard officers displaying a Chinese flag ...

BEIJING — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea , days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard officers displaying a Chinese flag ...

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

Chinese coast guard officers 'implemented maritime control' over Tiexian Reef, part of the Sandy Cay reef, in mid-April. The ...

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

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

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 uninhabited ...

The dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea escalated on Sunday, April 27, as both displayed their ...

The Philippines has accused China of falsely claiming it had taken control of a sandbank near Pag-asa Island in the South ...