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 ...

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 ...

Philippine inter-agency members which included Philippine Navy, Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine National Police - Maritime Group, hold the Philippine flag as they visit Sandy Cay 2 at the South ...

Photographs show four officers posing with a Chinese flag on the reef's white surface, in what state media described as a 'vow of sovereignty and jurisdiction'. The Philippine Coast Guard on ...

The Philippines has 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 uninhabited outcrops. The back and ...

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