Competing Maritime and Territorial Claims Over the South China Sea, by Country CountrySouth China SeaSpratly isletsParacel islets Brunei UNCLOS 1 (0) No China All* All (9) All (all) Indonesia UNCLOS No No Malaysia UNCLOS 3 (3) No Philippines Significant portions Significant number (8) No ...
Briefing Paper – South China Sea Policy Analysis: Topic: The South China Sea has become a significant source of tension in the Indo-Pacific region mostly regarding competing legal claims of territorial sovereignty . China is at the forefront of this dispute and bases their claim on the ‘nine...
The prevailing basis for China’s historic claims to the SCS (South China Sea) is the U-shaped line (also called nine-dotted line, or nine-dash line) officially drawn on the Chinese map in 1947 by the then–Chinese Nationalist Government, which was originally an "eleven-dotted-line" . A...
Located to the northeast of Taiwan, just under halfway to Okinawa, the Diaoyus have been controlled by Japan since the first Sino-Japanese War in 1895. China (both of them) claims that the islands were imperial Chinese territory before that, so Japan’s annexation of them in 1895 was an ...
This map indicates the disputes in the Nansha Islands. Wu Shicun says China’s claims are based on historic evidence. The Nansha islands, also known as the Spratlys, are the subject of the biggest quarrels.Neighboring countries have competing claims on certain islands and reefs, often involving...
Graham Webster noted recently in the US-China Week newsletter, China has carefully maintained ambiguity regarding its claims around the Spratly Islands and reefs. In particular, it has not explicitly stated which reefs it considers to be surrounded by 12nm territorial seas 领海. That deliberate ...
During extension, the continental lithosphere thins and breaks up, forming either wide or narrow rifts depending on the thermo-mechanical state of the extending lithosphere. Wide continental rifts, which can reach 1,000 km across, have been extensivel
South Korea has two volcanic islands—Jeju, off the peninsula’s southern tip, and Ulleung, about 85 miles (140 km) east of the mainland in the East Sea—and a small-scale lava plateau in Gangwon province. In addition, South Korea claims and occupies a group of rocky islets—known vario...
China, Taiwan, the Philippines, andVietnammaintain competing claims to the two reefs. Both features are far closer to the Philippines than China, but Beijing believes it has sovereignty nonetheless. In fact, Beijing has issued maps showing a huge swath of water—the outlines look like a “cow...
The sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese surveillance vessel earlier this month brought into the spotlight Beijing's multi-year assertions in the South China Sea, in which it claims nearly the entire waterway.