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