Former Chinese deputy foreign minister Fu Ying says Beijing will not accept occupation of a World War II-era ship that Manila ...

Philippine and Chinese officials argued over their claims in the South China Sea during a roundtable discussion at the 61st ...

which is part of the Spratly Islands -- territory claimed by both the Philippines and China. The Sierra Madre was built by the United States in 1944 to serve in the Pacific as a transport ship ...

Ship-tracking data showed that as of ... are contesting control over physical territory. The Philippines in 1999 beached the Sierra Madre on the shoal and has since populated it with a contingent ...

In the 1990s the Philippines grounded an aging World War II-era navy transport ship called the BRP Sierra Madre on the shoal, to help enforce its claim to the area. The ship is now mostly a rusted ...

Five Chinese nationals were arrested by Philippine law enforcement on espionage charges last month after conducting “illegal ...

As a simple, robust mobile platform, an SLV is an ideal means to help the Philippines ... the BRP Sierra Madre, a long-grounded World War II-era tank landing ship, or LST. There’s a good chance ...

The Philippines’ foreign affairs chief puts forward a longer-term solution for tensions to go down in the South China Sea: it’s time for China to ‘behave professionally’ ...

from the nearest Philippines coast and where it maintains the Sierra Madre, which had become encrusted with rust since it was deliberately grounded in 1999 but remains an actively commissioned ...