SINGAPORE: China’s national flag was recently unfurled on a disputed reef in the South China Sea by its uniformed troops, an act broadcast by state media in what analysts believe to be a first ...

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BEIJING (AP) — 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 ...

China has not disclosed precisely when its flag-raising operation took place, but state television and the Global Times have aired footage showing Chinese personnel planting the national flag on ...

China's coast guard has unfurled the national flag near a Philippine-controlled island, as territorial tensions continue between the two neighbors.

BEIJING (AP) — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard officers displaying a ...

AP The move came a day after China said it had “implemented maritime control and exercised sovereign jurisdiction” over the reef by showing its own flag there – the first such official ...

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 potential flashpoint ...