China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...

Photos published by Chinese media show members of the coastguard planting the national flag on Sandy Cay, known in China as Tiexian Reef. The small sandbank lies close to Thitu Island, also known ...

China will amend its law on the national flag to ban people from flying it upside down. The top legislative body, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, reviewed draft amendments ...