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C N GI BE
S AT ST NG NI IO
CH IN A
LI MI
MP L
ET
0
CO
0 20
RP OR T
RY TA
AI
E
MED ENA D R N A ISL
20 07
TAI
ER EC
5 194
G PIN
TS
ST R
UC
TU RE S:
19 93
ENT ADV
OF
CLA EEZ 00 2 : LOS UNC
IM
TAIWAN / CHINA 1941 ISLANDS RETURNED TO
NE BAS E 1938
J RE
20 1
3
E NES CHI
T EC
S RUN
La
at
g be
i
: ns
1 20
ND LA IS
MAJ O
NORTH EAST CAY
/ U IT A AB
SOUTH WEST CAY
NAM YIT
197 3
4
CONSTR
AC C TO SH R EF UBI
R
im
n io
2 201
REEF HIEF MISC
16 20
AN D
MS AI CL
R I SL
nd
la ec
ND:
G IN IP TA
N IO AT TR BI AR
OMA
DAT E
S NE PI LI IL PH
MIL ITA
S
RY
E GAT FRI
OU AGR
TRIBUNAL RULES IN FAVOUR OF PHILLIPINES
OF SUB MARI
UCTED MILITA RY BAS E AND RUNWAY 2016
JAPANE SE CON STRUCT ION
LANKIAM CAY
OCC UPA T IO N O F
THITU ISLAND SUBI REEF
BEG I
NS
NANSHAN ISLAND ELDAD REEF
VIE
TNA M
A
LOAITA ISLAND
A TAIPING ISLAND / ITU ABA
IT Y IGN E RE SOV
ET NA M
BA CK S
PAS SED LAW
M AR IT I ME
A
NAMY US
FO NO P
IT I SLAN D
S
20 16
MISCHIEF REEF NAMYIT ISLAND
NK 2014 - -SHIP SU WITH CHIN
DEC LAR ING
NT AL INCIDE MAJOR NACV
201 2
VI
SAND CAY
FIERY CROSS REEF
A A
SIN COWE ISLAND
SWALLOW REEF
A A
VIETNAMESE ENVOY: Maps of the Islands were commisioned [Paracel and Spratly]
SAN FRAN PEACE TREATY [1952] Japan renouces all control in the South China Sea
Sino-French war [1884-1885] France seizes Vietnamese territories
CHINESE TEXTS: Administration of Paracel and Spratly Islands first mentioned in 3rd Century texts.
PHILLIPINES DECLARATION [1978] Phillipine government declare Spratly island as their own territory
Spanish-American War [1898] Phillipine Islands ceded to the US WW2 [1939] Japan invades and controls the South China Sea
UNCLOS [1963] Law of the Sea Convention established 200 nautical mile EEZ boundary
MALAYSIA PHILLIPINES JAPANESE FRENCH VIETNAM CHINESE
20
20
19
19
Falls under the United Nations Convention of Law of the Seas (UNCLOS). Claim falls between national baseline and 200 nm extension
HISTORICAL
Claims based on historical texts or claims too arbitrary to be considered a legal or technical claim. [9-dash Line]
TECHNICAL
Claims which falls outside of own EEZ but still has legitimate legal claims from history. [Handovers from other nations]
10
00
90
80
70
60 LEGAL
19
19
AIR TRAVEL
50
SUNMERGED IN HIGH TIDE ARTIFICIAL ISLAND
19
ISLAND OR CAY
CONNECTIVITY
40
LAND RECLAIMATION
30
20
10
00
90
80
OCCUPATION
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
PRIOR
S AT ST NG NI IO
CH IN A
LI MI
MP L
ET
0
CO
0 20
RP OR T
RY TA
AI
E
MED ENA D R N A ISL
20 07
TAI
ER EC
5 194
G PIN
TS
ST R
UC
TU RE S:
19 93
ENT ADV
OF
CLA EEZ 00 2 : LOS UNC
IM
TAIWAN / CHINA 1941 ISLANDS RETURNED TO
NE BAS E 1938
J RE
20 1
3
E NES CHI
T EC
S RUN
La
at
g be
i
: ns
1 20
ND LA IS
MAJ O
NORTH EAST CAY
/ U IT A AB
SOUTH WEST CAY
NAM YIT
197 3
4
CONSTR
AC C TO SH R EF UBI
R
im
n io
2 201
REEF HIEF MISC
16 20
AN D
MS AI CL
R I SL
nd
la ec
ND:
G IN IP TA
N IO AT TR BI AR
OMA
DAT E
S NE PI LI IL PH
MIL ITA
S
RY
E GAT FRI
OU AGR
TRIBUNAL RULES IN FAVOUR OF PHILLIPINES
OF SUB MARI
UCTED MILITA RY BAS E AND RUNWAY 2016
JAPANE SE CON STRUCT ION
LANKIAM CAY
OCC UPA T IO N O F
THITU ISLAND SUBI REEF
BEG I
NS
NANSHAN ISLAND ELDAD REEF
VIE
TNA M
A
LOAITA ISLAND
A TAIPING ISLAND / ITU ABA
IT Y IGN E RE SOV
ET NA M
BA CK S
PAS SED LAW
M AR IT I ME
A
NAMY US
FO NO P
IT I SLAN D
S
20 16
MISCHIEF REEF NAMYIT ISLAND
NK 2014 - -SHIP SU WITH CHIN
DEC LAR ING
NT AL INCIDE MAJOR NACV
201 2
VI
SAND CAY
FIERY CROSS REEF
A A
SIN COWE ISLAND
SWALLOW REEF
A A
VIETNAMESE ENVOY: Maps of the Islands were commisioned [Paracel and Spratly]
SAN FRAN PEACE TREATY [1952] Japan renouces all control in the South China Sea
Sino-French war [1884-1885] France seizes Vietnamese territories
CHINESE TEXTS: Administration of Paracel and Spratly Islands first mentioned in 3rd Century texts.
PHILLIPINES DECLARATION [1978] Phillipine government declare Spratly island as their own territory
Spanish-American War [1898] Phillipine Islands ceded to the US WW2 [1939] Japan invades and controls the South China Sea
UNCLOS [1963] Law of the Sea Convention established 200 nautical mile EEZ boundary
MALAYSIA PHILLIPINES JAPANESE FRENCH VIETNAM CHINESE
20
20
19
19
Falls under the United Nations Convention of Law of the Seas (UNCLOS). Claim falls between national baseline and 200 nm extension
HISTORICAL
Claims based on historical texts or claims too arbitrary to be considered a legal or technical claim. [9-dash Line]
TECHNICAL
Claims which falls outside of own EEZ but still has legitimate legal claims from history. [Handovers from other nations]
10
00
90
80
70
60 LEGAL
19
19
AIR TRAVEL
50
SUNMERGED IN HIGH TIDE ARTIFICIAL ISLAND
19
ISLAND OR CAY
CONNECTIVITY
40
LAND RECLAIMATION
30
20
10
00
90
80
OCCUPATION
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
PRIOR
