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.

China says six Filipinos landed on ... 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 ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the ... who have both spoken publicly on needing to push back against China’s growing assertiveness in ...

It said coastguard officers had unfurled the Chinese flag to declare sovereignty ... of efforts to make its South China Sea reefs more habitable and push back against increasingly aggressive ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines on Monday rejected China’s claim to a ... by both sides of their national flags on the uninhabited outcroppings. The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest ...