The China Sea is a part of the western Pacific Ocean, bordering the Asian mainland on the east-southeast. The China Sea consists of two parts, the South China Sea (Chinese: Nan Hai) and the East China Sea (Chinese: Dong Hai), which connect through the sh
The Chinese have unveiled a new official map of the country giving a tad greater ownership on the South China Sea.
the number of claimants doubled: while the People’s Republic of China and South Vietnam actually occupied the islands, Taiwan and North Vietnam declared themselves the heirs oflegitimateChinese and Vietnamese claims. The discovery of oil deposits under the South China Sea led to a crisis earl...
Despite China’s massive population, rising standards of living and decades under its ‘One Child‘ policy have caused its fertility rate to plummet. China’s ‘One Child’ policy and its preference for male heirs has also resulted in roughly 34 million more men than women in China today. Th...
Chinese Civil War. The defeated Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan, where it established a self-governed democracy. Since then, Taiwan has been a separate political entity from mainland China, although the government of the People’s Republic of China claims Taiwan as a province of China....
The power struggle between China and the United States was thrust into daylight last week when a Chinese jet intercepted a US naval patrol plane over the South China Sea. After the fact, the US military claimed its plane had been flying routine patrols in international airspace. The Chinese ...
http://www.chinatourmap.com/chinabeach.html China Coastal Cities and Beautiful Beaches, Lakes. China coastline and Coastal Cities. China's coasts are on the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea. China claims a 12-nautical-mile territorial sea, a 24-nautical-mile con...
China has never been very explicit as to precisely what the claim includes but it has been persistent in seeking to advance the claim. This has especially been the case since Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam have begun to advance their own claims to parts of the South China Sea, which...
Maritime claims: continental shelf: claim to shallow areas of East China Sea and Yellow Sea territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: boundary with India in dispute; disputed sections of the boundary with Russia remain to be settled; boundary with Tajikistan in dispute; a short sect...
In the East China Sea, the ROC claims the group of islands it calls Diaoyutai, which also are claimed by Japan as Senkaku and by the People’s Republic of China as Diaoyu. Moreover, in the South China Sea, the ROC’s claim to the Paracels is disputed with the People’s Republic of...