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 back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested ...

The Philippines-China maritime tussle just edged up a notch this past week, with Chinese television reporting a Chinese ...

Chinese media says coastguard units entered remote sandbank, known in China as Tiexian Reef, ‘to exercise sovereignty’ ...

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 on the ...

The Chinese army has occupied the disputed Sandy Cay reef in the South China Sea, reports the newspaper "Financial Times." ...

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

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 sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...

BEIJING — 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 ...