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China and Philippines use flags to stake competing claims in South China Sea
The two countries have previously jostled over Sandy Cay, known as Tiexian Reef in Chinese and Pag-asa Cays in the ...
China and Philippines unfurl competing flags on disputed South China Sea sandbars, reviving tensions
China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...
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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 tensions
The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday responded by releasing its own photograph showing Filipino sailors holding the country's flag over the same disputed reef during an early morning mission the ...
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China and Philippines display their flags on a disputed South China Sea outcropping
A Philippine statement said that a joint ... of Chinese coast guard officers on Tiexian Reef in mid-April holding up a Chinese flag and cleaning up plastic bottles and other debris.
China and Philippines use their flags to stake out competing claims in the South China Sea
BEIJING — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea , days after ...
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China and Philippines use their flags to stake out competing claims in the South China Sea
Three days later, a joint Philippines coast guard, navy and maritime police team headed on Sunday to the three sandbars and posed for a photo holding up their national flag. “This operation ...
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China and Philippines use their flags to stake out competing claims in the South China Sea
BEIJING — The Philippines on Monday rejected China’s claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the uninhabited ...