East China Sea EEZ disputes
There are disputes between China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea over the extent of their respective exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the East China Sea.
The dispute between the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and Japan concerns the different application of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which both nations have ratified.[1] China proposed the application of UNCLOS, considering the natural prolongation of its continental shelf, advocating that the EEZ extends as far as the Okinawa Trough.[2][3] Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that "the natural prolongation of the continental shelf of China in the East China Sea extends to the Okinawa Trough and beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of China is measured,"[2] which is applicable to the relevant UNCLOS provisions that support China's right to the natural shelf.[2][3]
In 2012, China presented a submission under the UNCLOS concerning the outer limits of the continental shelf to the UN.[4] Japan, based on UNCLOS, proposed the Median line division of the EEZ.[5]
Under the
In 1995, the People's Republic of China (PRC) discovered an undersea
Rounds of disputes about island ownership in the East China Sea have triggered both official and civilian protests between China and Japan.[11]
The dispute between PRC and South Korea concerns Socotra Rock, a submerged reef on which South Korea has constructed a scientific research station. While neither country claims the rock as territory, the PRC has objected to Korean activities there as a breach of its EEZ rights.[12]
South Korea opened a museum in central
See also
- Chinese imperialism
- Territorial disputes of Japan
- Territorial disputes of the People's Republic of China
References
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- ^ Yu, Runze (2012-12-15). "China reports to UN outer limits of continental shelf in E. China Sea". SINA English. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013.
- ^ "Diplomatic Bluebook 2006" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-08.
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- ^ a b Fackler, Martin (19 June 2008). "China and Japan in Deal Over Contested Gas Fields". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013.
- ^ Ersan, Yagmur (2013-07-25). "China, Japan conflict on Chunxiao/Shirakaba gas field". The Journal of Turkish Weekly. Archived from the original on January 25, 2014. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
- ^ "Chinese, Japanese Stage Protests Over East China Sea Islands". Voice of America. 2008-10-15. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012.
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- ^ "Museum opens in Tokyo, displaying documents to defend claims to disputed isles". Japan Today. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
Further reading
- Chan, Steve. China's Troubled Waters: Maritime Disputes in Theoretical Perspective (Cambridge UP, 2016) excerpt
- Hawksley, Humphrey. Asian Waters: The Struggle Over the South China Sea and the Strategy of Chinese Expansion (2018) excerpt
- Peterson, Alexander M. "Sino-Japanese Cooperation in the East China Sea: A Lasting Arrangement?" 42 Cornell International Law Journal 441 (2009).
- Yea, Andy. "Maritime territorial disputes in East Asia: a comparative analysis of the South China Sea and the East China Sea." Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 40.2 (2011): 165–193. Online