China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...

Tensions surged near Sandy Cay on May 22 as Chinese Coast Guard vessels sideswiped and blasted Philippine research ships with water cannons. China slammed the mission as “illegal,” warning of further ...

The waters around Sandy Cay, which is part of the Spratly ... U.S. for tensions between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea. “The Philippines wouldn’t feel so emboldened without U.S ...

including Sandy Cay, in the South China Sea, and its surrounding waters. The standoff comes days after the United States and the Philippines began their annual joint military drills in the ...

BEIJING — The Philippines on Monday rejected ... the area as Philippine inter-agency members visit Sandy Cay 2 at the South China Sea on Sunday April 27, 2025. Credit: AP China's state-owned ...

Manila said one fisheries bureau ship sustained damage and blasted China's coast guard for putting civilian lives "at risk." ...

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

China's coast guard has unfurled the national flag near a Philippine-controlled island, as territorial tensions continue between the two neighbors.

uses a water cannon and sideswipped a Philippine fisheries vessel on a research mission near one of three sandbars called Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

open image in gallery Chinese coast guard ship patrols near Sandy Cay 2 in the South China Sea on Sunday (National Task Force West Philippine Sea) The tiny Sandy Cay holds strategic value due to ...