South China Sea maritime claims

E673099

international territorial dispute law of the sea dispute maritime territorial dispute resource rights dispute

The South China Sea maritime claims are overlapping territorial and resource assertions by multiple countries over waters and features in the South China Sea, forming one of the world’s most complex and contentious maritime disputes.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
South China Sea disputes	6
South China Sea territorial disputes	6
South China Sea dispute	2
Chinese nine-dash line claim	1
Nine-dash line	1
Philippines–China maritime dispute	1
South China Sea dispute between China and Vietnam	1
Spratly–Paracel–Scarborough area of disputes	1
overlaps with Chinese nine-dash line claim	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international territorial dispute ⓘ law of the sea dispute ⓘ maritime territorial dispute ⓘ resource rights dispute ⓘ
adjudicatedBy	Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	one of the world's most complex maritime disputes ⓘ
diplomaticProcess	ASEAN–China negotiations on a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea ⓘ
disputedBy	Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesClaimOver	Macclesfield Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ Natuna Sea area NERFINISHED ⓘ Paracel Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Pratas Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Scarborough Shoal NERFINISHED ⓘ Spratly Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesCountry	Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of China (Taiwan) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesExternalPower	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesOrganization	Association of Southeast Asian Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Permanent Court of Arbitration NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyLegalCase	Philippines v. China (2013–2016) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	South China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMapRepresentation	U-shaped line ⓘ nine-dash line NERFINISHED ⓘ
PCAAwardDate	2016-07-12 ⓘ
PCAAwardEffect	invalidated China's historic rights claims within the nine-dash line against the Philippines ⓘ ruled that certain features in the Spratly Islands are rocks or low-tide elevations, not full islands ⓘ
PCAAwardStatus	rejected by the People's Republic of China ⓘ
relatedToConcept	continental shelf ⓘ exclusive economic zone ⓘ freedom of navigation ⓘ historic rights ⓘ innocent passage ⓘ island-building ⓘ maritime delimitation ⓘ militarization of artificial islands ⓘ territorial sea ⓘ
securityDimension	air defense identification zone concerns ⓘ freedom of navigation operations ⓘ naval build-up ⓘ
strategicImportance	major global shipping route ⓘ rich fishing grounds ⓘ significant oil and gas potential ⓘ
tensionLevel	high ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippines v. China (PCA case) → category → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea disputes

Nanshan Island → contestedIn → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea dispute

Triton Island → dispute → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea dispute between China and Vietnam

Philippine territorial waters → disputeContext → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea disputes

Philippine exclusive economic zone → disputeInvolves → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

Natuna Islands → exclusiveEconomicZone → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: overlaps with Chinese nine-dash line claim

Robert Island → geopoliticalContext → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea territorial disputes

Itu Aba Island → hasLegalStatusInDispute → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea territorial disputes

Cuarteron Reef → isInvolvedIn → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea territorial disputes

Battle of the Paracel Islands → isPartOfHistoryOf → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea disputes

Lincoln Island → isPartOfTerritorialDispute → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea disputes

United States–China relations → keyIssue → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea disputes

Tree Island → maritimeDispute → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea dispute

Bajo de Masinloc → partOf → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spratly–Paracel–Scarborough area of disputes

Second Thomas Shoal → partOfBroaderDispute → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea disputes

Amphitrite Group → partOfDispute → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea territorial disputes

Taiping Island → regionClaimedBy → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nine-dash line

Lincoln Island → regionSecurityContext → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea territorial disputes

Second Thomas Shoal → subjectOf → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philippines–China maritime dispute

Taiping Island → subjectOf → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea territorial disputes

Bajo de Masinloc → underliesClaim → South China Sea maritime claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese nine-dash line claim