BEIJING — 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 ...

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

Four Chinese coastguard officials dressed in black were pictured unfurling their country's flag on a reef called Sandy Cay. This sankbank lies close to Thitu Island, also known as Pag-asa ...

published photos of Chinese coast guard officers on Tiexian Reef in mid-April holding up a Chinese flag and cleaning up plastic bottles and other debris. The Chinese coast guard statement on the ...

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

No amount of island hopping” by the China Coast Guard could change the fact that Sandy Cay belongs to the Philippines, Sen. Risa  Hontiveros said on Monday.

BEIJING (AP) — 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 ...

days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard officers displaying a Chinese flag on the same group of sandbars. The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running ...