The Chinese military has landed on the uninhabited disputed Sandy Cay reef in the South China Sea. It is located just a few ...

Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

Chinese media says coastguard units entered remote sandbank, known in China as Tiexian Reef, ‘to exercise sovereignty’ ...

State media reports CCG officers ‘exercising maritime control’ on one of the reefs in the Spratly Islands also claimed by ...

The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...

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

Sandy Cay is positioned slightly over 3 kilometers from Thitu Island, referred to as Pag-asa by Manila, which hosts ...

The 200 sq metre Tiexian Reef forms part of the Spratly Islands and is located near Thitu Island, which hosts a Philippines military facility that Manila reportedly uses to track Chinese movements ...

The Philippines on Sunday sent navy, coastguard and maritime police officers to Sandy Cay and two neighbouring sandbanks in the Spratly Islands to “uphold the country’s sovereignty, sovereign rights ...

The Chinese coast guard implements ‘maritime control’ over the tiny sandbank, part of the contested Spratly Islands.