China, the cabinet official said, had pulled its coast guard vessels out of Scarborough Shoal, a chain of reefs in the South China Sea that’s at the center of a territorial dispute between Manila and ...

Foreign ministry confirms barrier set up at disputed Scarborough ... Shoal in the South China Sea, where it has had frequent flare-ups with Philippine forces. Asked about new satellite images ...

A large Chinese coast guard ship patrolled hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in recent days and then sailed toward the northwestern coast of the Philippines on Tuesday, coming as close as 77 ...