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The origins of the contemporary conflict over the South China Sea can be traced to changes in East Asian geopolitics following World War II (1939–45). China’s historical claims to the sea date to the so-called “11-dash line,” introduced in 1947 by the Nationalists (Kuomintang) under Chiang Kai-shek, during the Chinese Civil War (1945
17 wrz 2024 · Background. 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...
8 cze 2015 · A small outcropping of sand occasionally breaks the vast expanse of the South China Sea. These islands are modest, even diminutive, but they form the core of a fierce territorial dispute among six primary claimants: Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
This brief chronology highlights major events since the first armed clash in 1974, through the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1994, China’s extensive claims according to its “nine-dash line” in 2009, and the standoffs in 2021 over fishing rights between China and the Philippines.
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China is a pending arbitration case concerning the legality of China's "nine-dotted line" claim over the South China Sea under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The Philippines asked a tribunal of Permanent Court of Arbitration to invalidate China's claims.
Woody Island is home to approximately 1,000 Chinese nationals, whose civilian or military status is unknown (CIA, 2021a). The Spratly Islands comprise more than 100 features spread over 158,000 square miles (410,000 kilometers) of the South China Sea (Figure 1.2).
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea involve conflicting island and maritime claims in the South China Sea made by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan (Republic of China/ROC), and Vietnam.
