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World War II. 1939 – Japan invades the Paracel and Spratly islands and takes control of the South China Sea. Japanese military bases were set up on Woody and Pattle islands in the Paracels and Itu Aba in the Spratlys. Japan administered the Spratlys via Taiwan's jurisdiction and the Paracels via Hainan's jurisdiction.
China Coast Guard. CCG 5205. On February 6, 2023, the China Coast Guard and Philippine Coast Guard had an encounter near the Second Thomas Shoal, one of the features of the Spratly Islands which is subject to a wider dispute in the South China Sea . The Second Thomas Shoal is claimed by multiple countries, including China and the Philippines.
The South China Sea Arbitration (Philippines v. China, PCA case number 2013–19) [1] was an arbitration case brought by the Republic of the Philippines against the People's Republic of China (PRC) under Annex VII (subject to Part XV) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, ratified by the Philippines in 1984, by the PRC in 1996, opted out from Section 2 of Part XV by ...
After a formal protest from the Philippines and a decisive warning from the U.S., China has backed down following its recent displays of aggression in the international dispute over sovereignty of ...
The United States officially addressed the South China Sea dispute for the first time in 1995, when its statement focused on the peaceful resolution of disputes, peace and stability, freedom of navigation, neutrality over the question of sovereignty, and respect of maritime norms. [189] The 1995 statement did not name any states by their names.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including the maritime economic zones of neighboring nations. The Second Thomas Shoal is within the Philippines' 200-mile (320-km) exclusive ...
July 17, 2024 at 4:58 AM. By Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores. MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines and China have agreed to set up new lines of communication to improve their handling of maritime ...
Johnson South Reef skirmish. / 9.717°N 114.283°E / 9.717; 114.283. The Johnson South Reef skirmish took place on 14 March 1988 between military forces of the People's Republic of China and Vietnam, on the Johnson South Reef in the Union Banks region of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea.