China
Taiwan
‘Nine-dash line’
marks limit of
Chinese claim
Exclusive
economic
zones
1
2
South
China Sea
Philippines
Vietnam
3
Marooned
transport
ship
Malaysia
Malaysia
Brunei
500 km
500 miles
Competing claims:
1. Paracel Islands: Vietnam, China, Taiwan.
2. Scarborough Shoal: China, Philippines, Taiwan.
3. Spratly Islands*: China, Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei
China
Taiwan
‘Nine-dash line’
marks limit of
Chinese claim
Exclusive
economic zones
Paracel Islands
Claimed by Vietnam,
China and Taiwan
Scarborough Shoal
Claimed by China,
Philippines and Taiwan
South
China Sea
Philippines
Vietnam
Spratly Islands*
Claimed by China,
Philippines, Vietnam,
Taiwan, Malaysia
and Brunei
Marooned
transport ship
Malaysia
Malaysia
Brunei
Indonesia
500 km
500 miles