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... ... immediate aftermath of Japan’s surrender in WWII. Hardly any disputes rose till Vietnam lodged a counter-claim in 1951 but this was blunted by China’s concession...
06.06.2016