They have been claiming this for a while. It's been a recurring topic of contention at ASEAN summits.Singha wrote:the PRC has apparently pulled a old Kuomintang(KMT) map out of its posterior and claimed the entire resources of the south china sea belongs to it....a huge area adjacent to vietnam, okinawa and the philippine islands. I had heard the KMT had more maximalist maps on the land frontier, but they seem to have claimed the seas too!
SE Asia wary of China as sea claim disputes intensify
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