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China sends dual message with national flag on disputed South China Sea reef, targeting rivals and citizens
China and the Philippines each raised flags on Sandy Cay days apart, asserting rival claims. Analysts say Beijing aimed to ...
Brazen China plants flag on seized TINY 2,000sq ft sandbank in WW3 flashpoint sea…before Philippines’ tit-for-tat reply
THE CHINESE coastguard has seized control of a reef near a Philippine military base, threatening to inflame tensions in the ...
Beijing’s flag-planting in South China Sea revives tensions with Manila
The Philippines sent navy, coastguard and maritime police officers to Sandy Cay and two neighbouring sandbanks in the Spratly ...
Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea
The Philippines, which disputes China's claim to the sandbank, responds by releasing a photo of its own forces on another.
Beijing seizes disputed reef with troops raising flag near military base... before Filipino troops unfurl their own banner on another island amid growing South China Sea te…
Chinese coast guard officers 'implemented maritime control' over Tiexian Reef, part of the Sandy Cay reef, in mid-April. The ...
China and the Philippines Spar Over a Sandbar in the South China Sea
The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...
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Brazen China plants flag on seized TINY 2,000sq ft sandbank in WW3 flashpoint sea…before Philippines’ tit-for-tat reply
They posed with their own national flag for a photo which mimicked that ... Sea overlap with claims from Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia. Some of the world's busiest ...
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Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea
The Philippines said later on Sunday that it had landed on three sandbanks, releasing an image of officers holding up their national flag in a pose ... Malaysia and Brunei have staked claims ...