South China Sea

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South China Sea

1. The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines.
   • 1898 May, “The Philippine Islands”, in The Locomotive‎, volume XIX, number 5, Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, →OCLC, page 77:

     The Philippine Islands are an archipelago southeast of Asia. They extend almost due north and south from Formosa to Borneo, and they separate the South China Sea from the Pacific Ocean.

   • 2015, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America‎, Threshold Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 222:

     Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and are embarked upon a massive land reclamation and construction program to bolster these claims.

• East Sea (Vietnamese)
• West Philippine Sea (Philippines)

• nine-dash line

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