China could trigger a paradigm shift in disputes in the South China Sea if it were to issue charts indicating the outer limit of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) claims from the islands over which it claims sovereignty. A full effect 'equidistance line' from the largest islands towards the ...
A Philippine security official says China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea and warned that “all options are on the table” for Manila’s response, including new international lawsuits.
This image provided by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a Chinese Coast Guard ship 5901 in the seas within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Jan. 13, 2025. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP) MANILA--A Philippine security official said Tuesday that China is “pushing us to the ...
The world’s largest coastguard vessel from China, CCG 5901, has docked in Manila’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. According to PCG, the 165-meter, also called the “monster ship”, breached Manila’s 200-nautical mile EEZ...
China and the Philippines have traded barbs for months over dangerous manoeuvres at the Second Thomas Shoal, an atoll within Manila's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea. China claims the area as its own. MORE: Places the U.S. G...
For the purposes of the South China Sea dispute, an important part of UNCLOS are the definitions of what constitutes land features. An island controlled by a country is entitled to aterritorial seaof 12nautical milesas well as an EEZ of up to 200 nautical miles (370km). A rock owned by...
Geographically and legally the definition of the Continental Shelf is different from the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Comments The Continental Shelf is the sub-sea extension of the continent where the waters are still shallow, between 150 […] admin Reading: 3 min Read more...
Indonesia does not wish to be regarded as a claimant in the South China Sea and attempted to distance itself from the dispute, but Chinese intrusions into the EEZ around the Natuna islands have dragged it in. As the largest member of ASEAN, Indonesia has steered the organisation away from gr...
leading to Vietnam losing three naval vessels and 72 troops. This was followed by China occupying Mischief Island, which falls within the Philippines’ EEZ. However, unlike in the South China Sea, China and Japan have not gone to war or engaged in direct military confrontation with each other...
Exclusive Economic Zones and the Management of Fisheries in the South China Sea The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), with the provisions for defining an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), is the international agreement that has had the greatest influence on the ...