Beijing’s Play for Sandy Cay China’s salami-slicing in the South China Sea is eroding U.S. credibility. By Lynn Kuok, the Lee Kuan Yew chair in Southeast Asia studies at the Brookings Institution.

Sandy Cay (Filipino name: “Pag-asa Cay 2”), a tiny South China Sea (SCS) sandbar found in the western section of our Pag-Asa island’s Territorial Sea (TS), is very much in the news these days. Yet, in ...

A concrete proposal: Joint medical mission to Pag-asa Island To demonstrate this new approach, Philippine and U.S. military forces should jointly conduct a civic action mission to Pag-asa Island.

Sandy Cay is part of the disputed Spratly Islands, also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. The incident adds fuel to the ongoing maritime conflict and challenges a 2016 arbitration ruling.

MANILA, Philippines — Several of the Philippines’ allies have expressed grave concern over China’s recent use of water cannons and a sideswiping maneuver against a Philippine vessel on a routine ...

The Chinese Coast Guard said two Philippine vessels had illegally entered waters near Subi Reef and Sandy Cay and organised personnel to land on Sandy Cay. Reuters World News May 22, 2025 18:27 pm IST ...

“Despite the aggressive interference, dangerous maneuvers and illegal acts by the China Coast Guard and Chinese maritime militia vessels, the Philippine scientific team was able to complete its ...

Sandy Cay. Handout/ Philippine Coast Guard / AFP Want to see the E25 local results for China, Asia Pacific ? Click location. A China Coast Guard (CCG) ship reportedly fired water cannon and sideswiped ...

This screen capture shows a Chinese coast guard ship cutting across the bow of a Philippine fisheries bureau vessel and deploying its water cannon near Sandy Cay, a disputed feature in the South ...

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 ...

On Chinese television, the image of China Coast Guard (CCG) officers unfurling the Chinese flag on Sandy Cay tried to push yet another false narrative. China is insisting that Sandy Cay is an integral ...

China's coast guard had landed on Sandy Cay as part of an operation to assert Beijing's claim over the Spratly Islands, Chinese state media outlet CCTV reported on April 26.