In this photo provided by the National Task Force West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), a Chinese Coast Guard ship patrols the area as Philippine inter-agency members visit Sandy Cay 2 at the South China ...

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 ...

Sandy Cay is close to Thitu Island, the largest and most strategically important of the nine features the Philippines occupies in the Spratly archipelago, where China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam ...

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

The Philippines' defense chief said the country will be "unyielding" as it pushes back against China's expansive moves.

Last month, China said its Coast Guard had landed on Sandy Cay as part of operations to exercise its sovereignty. The Philippines has denied Beijing has seized control of the disputed reef.

Ties between China and the U.S. ally the Philippines are significantly strained amid heated spats over disputed parts of the South China Sea, where Beijing has deployed an armada of coast guard to ...

While naval patrols and island-building dominate headlines about the South China Sea, China is waging another, quieter campaign -- one that unfolds not at sea, but in seminar rooms, policy briefings ...

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 uninhabited outcroppings ...

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.