Education ministry says public security in the Philippines has been unstable and Chinese have frequently been targeted.

The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety.

China’s coast guard blamed the Philippines for the collision, saying the vessels entered the waters illegally without China’s permission and landed personnel on Sandy Cay, it said, using the ...

Beijing ‘must be prepared to respond’, and it might be headed for confrontation with Vietnam over land reclamation, analyst ...

While naval patrols and island-building dominate headlines about the South China Sea, China is waging another, quieter campaign -- one that unfolds not at sea, but in seminar rooms, policy briefings ...

But Sandy Cay, referenced as a high-tide feature in the ruling, is likely entitled to a territorial sea of 12 nautical miles, overlapping with Chinese-militarized Subi Reef.

The Philippines’ South China Sea task force on Sunday said military and coast guard personnel carried out an operation in Sandy Cay to reinforce Manila’s “routine and lawful exercise of ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, ... Sandy Cay lie near Thitu Island, ...

Chinese coast guard ship patrols near Sandy Cay 2 in the South China Sea on Sunday (National Task Force West Philippine Sea) The tiny Sandy Cay holds strategic value due to its proximity to Thitu, ...

Sandy Cay in South China Sea https://reut.rs/3YhAeLH (Reuters) Government Update • South China Sea • Phillippines • Geopolitics and Regional Stability. Related News. 13 Jun 2025 [Another ...

The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety.

The public relations wrestling match over Sandy Cay risks further stoking long-running tensions between the Philippines and China. It also poses a key test to the Trump administration on how it ...