The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S.

Tiexian Reef, also referred to as Sandy Cay Reef, is located near Thitu Island, or Pagasa, where the Philippines has ...

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

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

THE Department of Foreign Affairs is studying the possibility of filing a diplomatic protest against China for allegedly ...

There is “no truth whatsoever” to the China Coast Guard (CCG)’s declaration that it has seized the Pag-asa (Sandy) Cay, ...

Beijing urges Manila to ‘stop its infringement’ after Philippine personnel land on reef that has become flashpoint in South ...

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Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

The Philippine team, using four motorised rubber boats, disembarked at Pag-asa Cay 1, Cay 2 and Cay 3 before sunrise. Their ...

MANILA, Philippines — There was no Chinese seizure of Sandy Cay near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea, ...