Tensions surged near Sandy Cay on May 22 as Chinese Coast Guard vessels sideswiped and blasted Philippine research ships with ...

Chinese coastguard and Philippine fisheries vessels collide in latest encounter over disputed South China Sea reef.

near the Spratly Islands. Sandy Cay is a sandbar covering just over 200 square meters, but it holds strategic significance for China. International law allows a country to conduct economic ...

The May 21st water cannon attack by a China Coast Guard ship against Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...

Vietnam on Saturday protested claims by China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea which it considers its ...

China and the Philippines have clashed over Sandy Cay in the South China Sea ... had “illegally landed” on the reef in the contested Spratly Islands, known as the Nansha Islands in Chinese.

Vietnam is protesting claims made by the Philippines and China over Sandy Cay, a disputed reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) that Hanoi is also ...

The waters around Sandy Cay, which is part of the Spratly Islands, are frequently the site of scuffles between Beijing and Manila, including as recently as January, when Chinese coast guard ships ...

THE Philippines on Thursday said that it “rejects and refutes” China’s recent remarks claiming it has “indisputable sovereignty” over Spratly Islands, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Manila and Beijing traded barbs last week over Sandy Cay, a group of small sandbanks in the waterway’s Spratly Islands, after a Chinese state media report suggested the area had been seized.

China criticises US for using the Philippines as a pawn amid escalating tensions in the South China Sea following a coast ...