Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative said that dredging and landfills had caused “irreparable damage” to the marine habitat.

China, however, maintains that the Scarborough reef, known as Huangyan Dao in China, is part of its territory, with the embassy in Manila stating that its actions are fully legal. Since taking ...

The Philippine Navy said its warships held exercises Friday in the South China Sea as part of its efforts to assert its sovereign rights over waters also claimed by Beijing.

China's November engagement in the Indo-Pacific included ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, uncertain investments in Cambodia, Myanmar’s civil war, relations with Indonesia, and ...

Last year, tensions escalated as China intensified its actions in the disputed waters, including announcing baselines around Scarborough Shoal and stepping up reef patrols. Simultaneously ...

Bajo de Masinloc is the Philippine name for Scarborough Shoal, a contested maritime feature known in China as Huangyan Island. It is a triangular coral reef formation surrounding a lagoon ...

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries ...

The reef-grab years. The first real indication ... China’s 2012 seizure of Scarborough Shoal, which lies just 150 miles from Manila, was unexpected, highly consequential—and a loss the ...

The sea dispute between the Philippines and China started escalating in 2012 after a standoff at Scarborough Shoal, but tensions boiled as early as the 1990s when Beijing and Manila were engaged in a ...

Separately, the Philippine coast guard said it has been ordering Chinese coast guard ships to stay away from the Scarborough Shoal, another disputed area about 124 nautical miles (230 kilometers ...