China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area.

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

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 each raised flags on Sandy Cay days apart, asserting rival claims. Analysts say Beijing aimed to ...

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

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

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 ...

The Philippines, which disputes China's claim to the sandbank, responds by releasing a photo of its own forces on another.