The map is the story: the U-shaped line in western news media coverage of the geopolitics of the South China SeaGeopoliticscartographynews-mediaChina's claim to a large part of the South China Sea (SCS) is indicated by a specific cartographic convention, the U-shaped (or dashed) line, ...
Issues surrounding the South China Sea have for years been a point of contention in the relationship between the U.S. and China — the world's top two economies competing for geopolitical influence in Asia Pacific. The U.S. doesn't claim any parts of the South China Sea as its own ...
Over the South China Sea, Dispute Simmers Via Radios and Rhetoric More Reuters An aerial view shows the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, locally known as Pag-asa, in the contested Spratly Islands, South China Sea, March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez By Eloisa Lopez...
Major disputes in the South China Sea are putting critical habitat—and the food supply of millions—at risk.
If you look at the South China Sea on a map, then it might seem inevitable that this 1.4 million square miles of water would become a territorial quagmire. Bordered by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and other nations, the area includes the busiest sea lanes in the world—about...
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' unilateral submission on the extent of its undersea shelf in the South China Sea infringes on China's sovereign rights and jurisdiction, violates international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and goes against the...
摘要: Chinese Claim of "Nine-Dashed Line" in the South China Sea and International Law : In Case of Historic Waters and Historic Rights 吉田 靖之 海幹校戦略研究 = Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Staff College review 5(1), 2-32, 2015-06...
China is asserting sovereignty over a vast maritime area in the South China Sea but there are also claims by Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines. The United States has become involved, challenging China's claim and has been conducting freedom of navigation exercises. Several ...
I’m pretty sure this is the most comprehensive encapsulation of China’s claims in the South China Sea ever made. None of the elements are new, but i don’t think they’ve all appeared side-by-side in one document before. The claim to “historic rights”, for example, is included in...
In 2016, in a case brought by the Philippines, an international tribunal in the Hague ruled that China’s claim to historic rights to the bulk of the sea had no legal basis. But Beijing has rejected the tribunal’s ruling and continued its military buildup, with many features lying ...