Beijing accused the Philippines of "illegally" intruding into Scarborough Shoal, a reef over 500 miles from Chinese shores.

Tensions escalated once again over the contested Scarborough Shoal as the Chinese military expelled a Philippine aircraft from its airspace. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reported that a C ...

OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea — A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the South China Sea ...

Confrontations on the high seas have spiked between Chinese and Philippine coast guards in the last two years at Scarborough, a traditional fishing area, and the Second Thomas Shoal, where a ...

The Chinese military, referring to Scarborough Shoal by its Chinese name, said the plane had “illegally entered the airspace of China’s Huangyan Island without the Chinese government’s ...

Chinese Navy Helicopter Flies Within 10 Feet of Philippine Patrol Plane Over Disputed Shoal OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea (AP) — A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 ...