Experts say China could be 'testing' the Philippines' operational response amid mounting pressure over Manila's recent ...

The ship was stuck in shallows for three hours just a mile from the Philippine-held Thitu Island, according to that Manila's ...

Manila says this ship, suspected to belong to China's so-called Maritime Militia, briefly ran aground at a sandbar near Thitu ...

West York Island, a picturesque yet disputed territory in the South China Sea, symbolizes Filipino resilience against China's ...

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing’s shadow in the disputed South China while fighting ...

A Chinese ship has run aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South ...

Combining protest with performance, Filipino activists staged a “sea concert” near the disputed Thitu Island in the South China Sea this week – a symbolic act of resistance that analysts say ...

The operation was seemingly launched in response to Chinese state media reports that the CCG had landed on Sandy Cay, an uninhabited sandbank that sits a few nautical miles from Thitu Island ...

The 200 sq metre Tiexian Reef forms part of the Spratly Islands and is located near Thitu Island, which hosts a Philippines military facility that Manila reportedly uses to track Chinese movements ...

That 12-nautical-mile radius overlaps with Thitu Island, the South China Sea reef the Philippines uses to track Chinese moves in the area. The White House said the reports of China seizing Sandy ...

More than 1 billion pesos has separately been earmarked for another sheltered port facility on Nanshan Island, which is around 160km (100 miles) east of Thitu Island. Do you have questions about ...

Manila, Philippines: Satellite images obtained by Reuters on Thursday show a build-up of Chinese civilian vessels near contested Thitu Island, Manila's key outpost in the South China Sea, but a ...