'The sea is the main maritime link between the Pacific and Indian oceans, giving it enormous trade and military value.'
“The sea is the main maritime link between the Pacific and Indian oceans, giving it enormous trade and military value.”
Such incidents have fuelled fears of a potential miscalculation or accident igniting a military conflict that could draw in the United States.Where is the South China Sea? Its shipping lanes connect East Asia with Europe and the Middle East, with trillions of dollars in ship-borne trade passing through the sea annually.
Beijing’s argument is based largely on Chinese maps dating back to the 1940s. It originally used an 11-dash line to demarcate its claims, but it was reduced to nine dashes under former leader Mao Zedong.The Paracel Islands are claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, though Beijing has held all of them since a conflict with South Vietnam in 1974.
For years, rival claimants have been building up the tiny reefs and islets to bolster their claims to ownership.In the past decade, it has ripped up thousands of hectares of reef in the archipelago to create militarized islands, with runways, ports, and radar systems.
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