This August 31 satellite image shows Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands. The shoal has become the latest flashpoint in China and the Philippines' long-running territorial feud.

Powell said. “It’s a high-stakes game for Manila,” Koh said. “The domestic circumstances all point to the very fact that now Sabina Shoal is where you could not yield an inch to the ...

What happened at the Sabina Shoal, however, suggests that was a narrow truce, Powell said. China seems “undeterred” when it ...

Two Philippine vessels on a resupply mission were damaged in a collision on Monday with a Chinese ship near Sabina Shoal, which is claimed by both countries but controlled by neither. The shoal ...

Beijing worries Manila might establish a permanent presence at Sabina Shoal as it did on Second Thomas Shoal, another contested reef known as Renai Jiao in China and Ayungin Shoal in the Philippines.

The withdrawal of the PCG's flagship has prompted some to claim that Beijing has forced Manila to back down at Sabina Shoal. The two nations' defense ministers have pledged to sign an MoU on ...

But last week, things came to a head when Beijing and Manila's vessels collided near the Sabina Shoal- both accusing the other of ramming them on purpose. The shoal, claimed by China as Xianbin ...

China released on Friday its first survey report of the South China Sea's disputed Sabina Shoal, saying there was no scientific or factual basis for reef damage claims made by the Philippines.

BEIJING, Aug 30 (Reuters) - China released on Friday its first survey report of the South China Sea's disputed Sabina Shoal, saying there was no scientific or factual basis for reef damage claims ...