China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area.

The Philippines said on Monday there was no truth to news reports that Beijing has seized control of a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after its personnel landed on the unoccupied sandbars and ...

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

The South China Sea has long been a source of tension between China and the Philippines, with the two countries making overlapping claims over a series of reefs and small islands in the area.

China’s claims to much of the South China Sea—a thoroughfare ... an artificial island that is one of China’s most important military outposts in the disputed waterway. However, it doesn ...

China’s official declaration of sovereignty over the land near the Philippines will raise fears that Beijing intends to build ...

China and the Philippines each raised flags on Sandy Cay days apart, asserting rival claims. Analysts say Beijing aimed to show strength at home amid growing external pressure.

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

China seized an island in the South China Sea, unfurling its flag amid growing ... Sandy Cay and Thitu island have been at the centre of these disputes previously. In 2019, about 275 Chinese ...

Vietnam has formally protested recent territorial claims made by both China and the Philippines over Second Thomas Shoal, ...