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

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Philippine Marines, National Police officers and Coast Guard members landed on three contested South China Sea features today ...

Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino showed documents to accuse the Chinese Embassy in Manila of hiring a local PR firm ...

The Philippines on Sunday sent navy, coastguard and maritime police officers to Sandy Cay and two neighbouring sandbanks in the Spratly Islands to “uphold the country’s sovereignty, sovereign rights ...

Chinese state media says Beijing's coast guard has "implemented maritime control" over the Tiexian Reef during an ongoing ...

New government report concludes degradation caused by combination of natural and human activity, including nearby Philippine ...

China has “implemented maritime governance and asserted its sovereign authority” over an uninhabited reef in the contested ...

The Chinese coast guard has seized control of a disputed reef near a major Philippine military outpost in the South China Sea ...

Sandy Cay reef, which Beijing calls Tiexian Jiao, is located few kilometers from a military outpost of the Philippines - ...

The Philippine military responded to the landing of Chinese forces on Sandy Cay reef by carrying out a similar operation, ...