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

The Chinese coast guard implements ‘maritime control’ over the tiny sandbank, part of the contested Spratly Islands.

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

The two countries have previously jostled over Sandy Cay, known as Tiexian Reef in Chinese and Pag-asa Cays in the ...

Philippine officials say a mission visited Sandy Cay Reef in disputed South China Sea and unfurled the national flag.

The Philippine Navy denied Monday China’s claim that it has occupied Sandy Cay, which it calls Tiexian Reef, in the West ...

China has seized a disputed reef a few kilometers from the Philippines' most important military outpost in the South China ...

Tiny Sandy Cay is strategically vital due to proximity to largest island occupied by Philippines in Spratly archipelago ...

The Philippines and China defended their claims to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after Manila accused Beijing of ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines on Monday rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after ...

It didn’t specify what those steps entailed. The sandbars are in the Spratly islands between Philippine-occupied Thitu Island and Subi Reef, which China has transformed into a base with a ...