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 potential flashpoint ...

Chinese coastguard and Philippine fisheries vessels collide in latest encounter over disputed South China Sea reef.

Manila said one fisheries bureau ship sustained damage and blasted China's coast guard for putting civilian lives "at risk." ...

Tensions surged near Sandy ... China slammed the mission as “illegal,” warning of further action, and accused the US of using the Philippines to provoke Beijing in the South China Sea.

China’s coastguard says Philippine vessel ‘dangerously’ approached its ship, resulting in a collision. The Philippines ...

uses a water cannon and sideswipped a Philippine fisheries vessel on a research mission near one of three sandbars called Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

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China, Philippines Trade Blame Over South China Sea Confrontation The Chinese Coast Guard said two Philippine vessels had illegally entered waters near Subi Reef and Sandy Cay and organised ...

China and the Philippines traded accusations on Thursday following a confrontation between two of their vessels in contested waters of the South China Sea, the latest incident in a long-running ...

China and Philippines Trade Blame Over South China Sea Confrontation MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -China and the Philippines traded accusations on Thursday following a confrontation between two of ...

The Philippines’ fisheries bureau said the lives of a civilian crew were put at risk when the Chinese coast guard fired water cannons and sideswiped one of its vessels while it conducted marine ...

The latest incident comes amid ongoing tensions between China and the Philippines over the disputed strategic waterway.