Armed China Coast Guard small boats have deployed to Second Thomas Shoal, reinforcing Beijing’s presence in the area ...

Analysts said the display is part of Beijing's efforts to project strength after an August 11 collision that damaged a coast ...

The deployment to the shoal, the site of a series of dangerous encounters last year, could herald a new season of ...

China has deployed coast guard ships and several militia vessels close to the wreck of a long-grounded Philippine military ship in a disputed South China Sea shoal, where Filipino forces have been put ...

The Philippines’ most contentious disputes with China center on the Second Thomas Shoal of the Spratly Islands, which lies within the Philippines’ 200-mile EEZ.

China says it has taken "control measures" against two Philippine vessels near the Sierra Madre, a warship grounded on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, as tensions re-emerge in the contested waters ...

A Philippine flutters on BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999, on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China ...

Tensions in the South China Sea have erupted once again after a maritime clash between Chinese and Philippine vessels near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Tiexian Jiao. The ...