A Legal Imbroglio in the South China Sea
... international ruling? This, in turn, opens up another legal conundrum over the status of Taiwan. A shrewd legal expert on territorial claims, international law and geopolitics... ... recognition over China’s 1947 claims. Many of the contested islands in the South China Sea, namely the Paracels, Pratas and Spratly, were actually reclaimed by... ... 1957. Beijing’s maritime claims were in fact tempered by Zhou Enlai’s new 9-dash line during this period. Again, there seems to be scarcity of UN debates, protests...
06.06.2016