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 for ...

China's coast guard has unfurled the national flag near a Philippine-controlled island, as territorial tensions continue between the two neighbors. Newsweek reached out to China's Foreign Ministry via ...

Pakistan, Oct. 1 -- China's coast guard held a National Day flag-raising ceremony aboard a patrol vessel in the contested waters of Scarborough Shoal, vowing to "stand guard" over the disputed atoll.