THITU ISLAND, South China Sea — Life is simple here, the residents of this tropical island like to say, except for one constant nuisance: China. From dawn to dusk, Chinese coast guard ships sail ...

Investigators said divers were unable to remove a huge anchor still blocking sunlight from corals near Thitu Island in the ...

Thitu Island, a little-known outpost in the contested South China Sea which analysts say is “critical” to the Philippines’ maritime security, could become a potential flashpoint after ...

Thitu island in the Spratly archipelago is in the midst of major upgrades to its dilapidated facilities, playing catch-up with China and Vietnam, which have been developing facilities on islands ...

In a rare rebuke of China, President Rodrigo Duterte told Beijing to “lay off” from the Philippines-occupied Thitu Island in South China Sea or he will order his soldiers to defend the nation ...

A Chinese coast guard vessel passes by a Philippine coast guard ship near the Philippine-occupied Thitu island, locally called Pag-asa island, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 at the disputed South China Sea.

About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea — Life is simple here, the residents of this tropical island like to say, except for one constant nuisance: China. From dawn to dusk, Chinese coast guard ships sail ...

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea — Life is simple here, the residents of this tropical island like to say, except for one constant nuisance: China. From dawn to dusk, Chinese coast guard ships sail ...

About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.

On the horizon, several Chinese fishing boats are floating, using bright lights to attract fish. Enter Thitu — an island that the Philippines calls Pag-asa, while China calls it Zhongye.