Under authoritarian President Xi Jinping, Beijing has continued to expand its reach into the South China Sea - strategically ...

THE CHINESE coastguard has seized control of a reef near a Philippine military base, threatening to inflame tensions in the ...

Chinese coast guard officers 'implemented maritime control' over Tiexian Reef, part of the Sandy Cay reef, in mid-April. The ...

The Philippines sent navy, coastguard and maritime police officers to Sandy Cay and two neighbouring sandbanks in the Spratly ...

The Philippines, which disputes China's claim to the sandbank, responds by releasing a photo of its own forces on another.

Four Chinese coastguard officials dressed in black were pictured unfurling their country's flag on a reef called ... the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia. Some of the world's busiest ...

State broadcaster CCTV released images of four officers, wearing all black and holding the Chinese flag, standing on the ... Government to uphold the country's sovereignty, sovereign rights ...

The Philippine military responded to the landing of Chinese forces on Sandy Cay reef by carrying out a similar operation, ...

The Labuan International Sea Challenge (LISC) 2025 reached new momentum today as the much-anticipated Regatta International ...