Tensions over Scarborough Shoal have increased markedly since the middle of last year, when Beijing and Manila reached an ...

China's coast guard sailed within a few dozen miles of the Philippines' Palawan Province while continuing to patrol waters ...

A Philippine plane warned a Chinese military helicopter over the South China Sea that it was "flying too close," as tension ...

A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the ...

“There was never any promise to take the ship…but what we should really take [into] account of is… why is there such a huge presence of China Coast Guard [CCG] vessels around Ayungin Shoa ...

The May 19 airdrops at Second Thomas Shoal by the Philippine military sparked a race by the Chinese coast guard and Philippine ... ruling that invalidated China’s expansive claims in the South ...

The Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa ... the BRP Sierra Madre. On June 30, China accosted a PCG ship, the Malabrigo, at Second Thomas Shoal. The June 17 incident marked an inflection ...

BEIJING – China’s coast guard said the Philippines on Jan 24 sent a civilian vessel to deliver provisions to its warship “illegally grounded” at Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in ...

and the Second Thomas Shoal, where a grounded Philippine navy ship has served as a territorial outpost since 1999 but has since been closely watched by Chinese coast guard, navy and suspected ...

OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea ... and the Second Thomas Shoal, where a grounded Philippine navy ship has served as a territorial outpost since 1999 but has since been closely watched by ...