China

Taiwan

Exclusive

economic

zones

Philippines

Paracel

Islands

South China Sea

Sabina

Shoal

Vietnam

Second

Thomas Shoal

Palawan

Spratly Islands

Brunei

Malaysia

Indonesia

Taiwan

China

Exclusive

economic

zone

Hainan

Philippines

Paracel

Islands

South China Sea

Vietnam

Sabina

Shoal

Second Thomas Shoal

Palawan

Spratly Islands

Brunei

Malaysia

Indonesia

Guardian graphic. Source: Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans. Note: the map shows economic exclusive zones as defined by the United Nations convention on the law of the sea, not the overlapping claims of individual countries