In the case of the Second Thomas Shoal and the wider South China Sea, Beijing is following its long-professed “Cow Tongue” map of claims ... it off during a conflict with the U.S. and its ...

BRP SIERRA MADRE, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live in as a military outpost, sits on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. — ...

Manila has denied that Vice-Admiral Alberto Carlos had approved the alleged deal that would limit the Philippines' capacity from resupplying its outpost in the Second Thomas Shoal. The Philippine ...