| Agreement
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UNCLOS +
, Declaration on the Conduct of Parties (DOC) +
, Code of Conduct (COC) +
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| Area
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3,685,000 km² (1,422,778.5 mi²) +
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| Climate
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Moist tropical (Köppen A-type) +
, Monsoon +
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| Geolocation
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15° 12' 12.1024", 114° 29' 13.7476"Latitude: 15.2033617681
Longitude: 114.4871521 +
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| Issue
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The ‘Nine-Dash Line’ claimed by China has … The ‘Nine-Dash Line’ claimed by China has caused an international competition over territorial sovereign rights and natural resources associated with overlapping maritime delimitation in the South China sea. The conflict has tarnished collaborations between China and ASEAN nations including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei as well as Taiwan and Japan. The paper specifically focuses on the conflict between China and the Philippines which have arisen since early 1970s over islands and reefs and has been escalated by the recent arbitral tribunal procedure.Following the warships confrontation, the Philippines brought the conflict against China to an interstate arbitration in January 2013 which was opposed by the defendant State as a breach to the ASEAN-China Declaration of the Conduct of Parties in The South China Sea and bilateral joint agreement made between the nations in 2002 and 2011 consecutively.
China and the ASEAN claimants posed different views on the international dispute resolution through the compulsory arbitration system based on the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Annex VII. To defend their interests through legal framework, China uphold the regulation of the customary international law for the historical rights whereas the ASEAN nations followed the revised regulations implemented by the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This divide impedes the attempt for negotiation and increase tensions over the dispute, muting the communication between states., muting the communication between states. +
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| Key Question
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How can mutual trust amongst riparians be nurtured? What actions erode that trust? +
, What kinds of water treaties or agreements between countries can provide sufficient structure and stability to ensure enforceability but also be flexible and adaptable given future uncertainties? +
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| Land Use
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industrial use +
, mining operations +
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| NSPD
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Governance +
, Assets +
, Values and Norms +
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| Population
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2,000,000,000 million +
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| Riparian
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China +
, Vietnam +
, The Philippines +
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| Stakeholder Type
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Sovereign state/national/federal government +
, Supranational union +
, Non-legislative governmental agency +
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| Topic Tag
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sovereignty arbitration south china sea UNCLOS historical rights +
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| Water Feature
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Sea +
, Indo-Pacific +
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| Water Use
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Fisheries - wild +
, Industry - non-consumptive use +
, Mining/Extraction support +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Geopolitics of South China Sea: The Arbitral Tribunal +
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| Categories |
Pages with a map rendered by the Maps extension +
, Case Study +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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30 May 2017 22:09:24 +
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| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Geopolitics of South China Sea: The Arbitral Tribunal +
, Geopolitics of South China Sea: The Arbitral Tribunal +
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