China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the ... and seven Chinese maritime militia vessels. An image posted by Philippines Coast Guard spokesperson ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in ... Chinese maritime militia vessels. An image posted by Philippines Coast Guard ...

China seized an island in the South China Sea, unfurling its flag amid growing tensions with the Philippines over territorial ...

Tiny Sandy Cay is strategically vital due to proximity to largest island occupied by Philippines in Spratly archipelago ...

Philippine inter-agency members which included Philippine Navy, Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine National Police - ...

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

The coastguard, it said “exercised sovereign jurisdiction”, displayed the Chinese national flag ... China Sea, despite an international ruling rejecting its sweeping territorial claims. File ...