Dec 25, 2024 · In August 2023 China revealed a revised map of its territory in the South China Sea, which claimed an even larger portion of the sea. A 10th dash was added to include the island of Taiwan and nearly the entirety of the Spratly Islands as Chinese territory. Several countries rejected the map.

Jan 2, 2024 · The territories involved consist of China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, each claiming the approximately 200 Spratly Islands, while Brunei, Malaysia, and the Philippines, a U.S. treaty ally, claim some of them. Vietnam occupies the most land features in the island chain; Taiwan occupies the largest.

Sep 17, 2024 · China’s sweeping claims of sovereignty over the sea—and the sea’s estimated 11 billion barrels of untapped oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas —have antagonized competing claimants...

Jun 17, 2024 · China says the Philippines intruded into its territorial waters despite repeated warnings. March 5: Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels are involved in a minor collision off the Second Thomas Shoal, and four Filipino crew members are injured when China blasts a supply boat with water cannons, shattering its windshield. China’s coast ...

Jan 9, 2022 · The map shows that these islands are outside of the country's EEZ creating the territorial conflict (e.g. Vietnam showed in orange or the Philippines showed in yellow). Finally, this map combines the Exclusive Economic Zones according to the UNCLOS, with the occupation of the Paracel and Spratly Islands, as well as the 9-dash line.

Nov 11, 2024 · China is seeking to substantiate its claim to a contentious reef in the Philippines' internationally recognized exclusive economic zone (EEZ), further escalating tensions with the U.S. ally.

Sep 1, 2023 · China’s Ministry of Natural Resources released the new “standard” national map on Monday, part of what it has called an ongoing effort to eliminate “problem maps.” In it, China clearly shows its so-called nine-dash line, demarcating what it considers its maritime border, claiming almost the entirety of the South China Sea.

Dec 28, 2023 · The Nine-Dash Line refers to maps produced by China that allege that China has a territorial claim on what it states are not “shoals” or “low-tide land masses” but islands in the South China Sea.

Jun 6, 2018 · The conflict between China and the Philippines in the Western Philippine Sea (a.k.a. the South China Sea) is the result of years of territorial dispute over the Spratly Islands – a group of 7,500 islands and reefs that multiple countries have claimed as their own.

Sep 15, 2019 · MANILA - A copy of a rare map that helped bolster the Philippines' case against China in a dispute over the South China Sea was sold on Saturday (Sept 14) for 40 million pesos (S$1.06...