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

THE CHINESE coastguard has seized control of a reef near a Philippine military base, threatening to inflame tensions in the ...

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

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

BEIJING (AP) — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days ...

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

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

The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...