The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety.

Education ministry says public security in the Philippines has been unstable and Chinese have frequently been targeted.

China’s coast guard blamed the Philippines for the collision, saying the vessels entered the waters illegally without China’s permission and landed personnel on Sandy Cay, it said, using the ...

But Sandy Cay, referenced as a high-tide feature in the ruling, is likely entitled to a territorial sea of 12 nautical miles, overlapping with Chinese-militarized Subi Reef.

Hong Kong (CNN) — 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 ...

Sandy Cay is a sandbar covering just over 200 square meters, but it holds strategic significance for China. International law allows a country to conduct economic activities within a 12-mile ...

MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -China and the Philippines traded accusations on Thursday following a confrontation between two of their vessels in contested waters of the South China Sea, the latest ...

China's foreign ministry said on Monday it "resolutely upholds the seriousness" of a 2002 declaration with its Southeast Asian neighbours on conduct in the South China Sea, which included not ...

The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety.