The Philippines today slammed an “irresponsible” Chinese state media report claiming a disputed reef in the South China Sea was under Beijing’s control, saying the status quo was unchanged.

The Sandy Cay reef lies near Thitu Island, or Pag-asa, where the Philippines stations troops and maintains a coast guard monitoring base. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said Saturday that the ...

According to the AFP report, the CCG landed on Sandy Cay to “exercise sovereignty and jurisdiction” over the reef, carry out an “inspection,” and “collect video evidence regarding the ...

The Philippine military on Sunday hit back at China by planting a flag at the disputed Sandy Cay reef days after Beijing had conducted a similar operation, the Philippine News Agency reported.

China has declared sovereignty over an uninhabited reef in the South China Sea ... and exercised sovereign jurisdiction” over Sandy Cay in mid-April, state television channel CCTV reported ...

Manila (AFP) – The Philippines on Monday slammed an "irresponsible" Chinese state media report claiming a disputed reef in the South China Sea was under Beijing's control, saying the status quo ...

The rival photo opportunities unfolded on Sandy Cay, a string of three uninhabited ... “exercised sovereign jurisdiction” over Tiexian Reef – the Chinese name for Sandy Cay – in mid ...

CCTV said the coast guard landed on the sandbank, also known as Sandy Cay, to “exercise sovereignty and jurisdiction” over the reef and “collect video evidence regarding the illegal ...

Chinese coast guard spokesperson Liu Dejun said in a statement Sunday evening that six personnel from the Philippines had earlier that day "illegally boarded" Sandy Cay, which it calls Tiexian Reef, ...

The Sandy Cay reef lie near Thitu Island, or Pag-asa - Copyright AFP The Sandy Cay reef lie near Thitu Island, or Pag-asa - Copyright AFP The Philippines on Monday ...

The Philippines has denied a Chinese Coast Guard report that China had “dealt with” a situation involving six Filipino personnel, whom Beijing accused of illegally landing on a tiny reef in ...