The US President’s commitment to America’s key Southeast Asian ally was not seriously tested in his first term – this time ...

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

There is “no truth whatsoever” to the China Coast Guard declaration that it has seized the Pag-asa (Sandy) Cay, National Security Council assistant director general Jonathan Malaya said yesterday ...

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.

Vietnam has urged China and the Philippines to ‘refrain from actions’ and respect its sovereignty over the archipelago.

Few of the South East Asian countries which also claim islands in the same sea have dared to push back against China; only ...

The Chinese army has occupied the disputed Sandy Cay reef in the South China Sea, reports the newspaper "Financial Times." Just a few miles away is Thitu Island, where a military base belonging to ...

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 ...

The National Maritime Council (NMC) on Saturday, May 3, dismissed China’s reported “seizure” of Sandy Cay near Pag-asa Island as a disinformation effort meant to distort facts and assert false control ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...