The Philippines criticised a “reckless” report from Chinese state media on Monday, which claimed that a contested reef in the South China Sea was under Beijing’s control, asserting that the “status quo” remains unchanged,

The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S. and the Philippines.

BEIJING (AP) — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard officers displaying a Chinese flag on the same group of sandbars.