The public relations wrestling match over Sandy Cay risks further stoking long-running tensions between the Philippines and China. It also poses a key test to the Trump administration on how it ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

Chinese coastguard and Philippine fisheries vessels collide in latest encounter over disputed South China Sea reef.

Liu Dejun, spokesperson for China’s coast guard, said six Filipinos attempted an “illegal” landing on Sandy Cay on Sunday. The coast guard, Liu said, boarded the reef and “handled it in ac ...

China’s latest action at Sandy Cay may be part of a broader strategy to expand its footprint in the West Philippine Sea - the term the Philippines uses for parts of the South China Sea within ...

Some observers said China might be trying to assert control of Sandy Cay — which covers an area of 200 square meters, or about 2,150 square feet — to legitimize its claim on Subi Reef ...

The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. The flare-up ...

Photos published by Chinese media show members of the coastguard planting the national flag on Sandy Cay, known in China as Tiexian Reef. The small sandbank lies close to Thitu Island, also known ...

China’s coastguard says Philippine vessel ‘dangerously’ approached its ship, resulting in a collision. The Philippines ...