Territorial claims in the South China Sea

1,500 km

1,500 miles

China

Taiwan

‘Nine-dash line’

marks limit of

Chinese claim

2

3

South

China Sea

Philippines

Vietnam

1

Brunei

Malaysia

1. Spratly Islands

Claimed by China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines and Brunei

 

2. Paracel Islands

Claimed by Vietnam, China and Taiwan

 

3. Scarborough Shoal

Claimed by China, Taiwan and Philippines

China

Taiwan

‘Nine-dash line’

marks limit of

Chinese claim

Paracel Islands

Claimed by Vietnam,

China and Taiwan

Philippines

Scarborough Shoal

Claimed by China,

Taiwan and

Philippines

South

China Sea

Vietnam

Spratly Islands

Claimed by China,

Vietnam, Taiwan,

Malaysia, Philippines

and Brunei

Brunei

Malaysia

Malaysia

800 km

800 miles