China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...

Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

Over the past two decades, China has occupied a number of obscure reefs and atolls far from its shoreline across the South China Sea, building up military installations, including runways and ports.

Ties between China and the U.S. ally the Philippines are significantly strained amid heated spats over disputed parts of the South China Sea ... include runways, ports and missile systems.

China's manmade islands include runways, ports and missile systems ... with its Southeast Asian neighbours on conduct in the South China Sea, which included not occupying more uninhabited features ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — 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 ...

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The building is part of efforts to make its South China Sea reefs more habitable and push ... radar and a deepwater shelter port. But because it is categorised only as a low tide elevation ...

THE South China Sea (SCS) is a linchpin for global economic activity, acting as a crucial artery for international trade with ...