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 and the Philippines have both raised their flags to counter each other's claims over a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, potentially starting a new standoff amid escalating tensions in the ...

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.