The Philippine military responded to the landing of Chinese forces on Sandy Cay reef by carrying out a similar operation, reports the Philippine News Agency. On April 27, the National Operational ...

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 ...

Sandy Cay is also crucial because its categorisation as rock could give the nation controlling access to the waters around it and the 12-nautical-mile radius would overlap with the Thitu island.

Sandy Cay lie near Thitu Island, known as Pag-asa Island by Manila and the site of a Philippines military facility.

China and Philippines both claim control of disputed Sandy Cay reef The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S. and ...

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Filipino scientists reach Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea on March 21, 2024 [Handout/Philippine Coast Guard via AP] ...

China and the Philippines have clashed over Sandy Cay in the South China Sea as the two countries strengthen efforts to assert sovereignty over the disputed reef. The Chinese coastguard said on ...

China's coast guard blamed the Philippines for the collision, saying the vessels entered the waters illegally without China's permission and landed personnel on Sandy Cay, it said, using the ...

Two weeks after Chinese coastguard personnel posed with their national flag on Sandy Cay – asserting “indisputable sovereignty” over the reef, which it refers to as Tiexian Jiao ...

On Sunday, a spokesperson for the Philippines Coast Guard said the country’s navy, coast guard and police deployed four teams in rubber boats to Pag-asa Cay 1, Cay 2 and Cay 3 – names the ...

China’s coast guard blamed the Philippines for the collision, saying the vessels entered the waters illegally without China’s permission and landed personnel on Sandy Cay, it said, using the ...