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China says waters beyond 12 nautical miles from the disputed islands in the South China Sea since 1990 and part of the map to draw a line addressed to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf space (CLCS) in 2009 caused great concern and debate about the importance of this line. In this paper we examine a number of possible interpretations in the context special agent oso of Beijing have no clear explanation.
Paracel Islands dispute began in 1909 between China and Vietnam, the time represented by the French, and the Spratly Islands dispute began in 1930 between France and Japan. After World War II, the new China claims sovereignty over the Spratly

special agent oso Islands. In 1948, China issued a map with the line, but then speak in a way that is required on the sea side of the road.
In 1960, Indonesia and Malaysia began making claims on the continental shelf in the southern part of the South China Sea, and in 1969 the two countries signed an agreement on the border. In 1971 the Republic of Vietnam claims

continental shelf overlaps with the claims of Malaysia and Indonesia.
Although the area within the line overlaps with the continental shelf claims Indonesia, Malaysia and the Republic of Vietnam, the People's of China in Beijing and the KMT in Taipei are not opposed to this claim, not against the treaty in 1969, the Indonesia-Malaysia, and at that time they did not make claims about continental shelf.
It was not until 1990, Beijing Began protesting Vietnam oil and natural gas in the Nam Con Son and the beach from the main (Vanguard Bank), and in 1992 signed a contract with an overview of the American Society for the area of ​​25.000 km ² of change. Since then, statements and events in China in the challenging waters beyond 12 nautical miles from the disputed islands increasingly assertive.
In this context, China attached special agent oso map drawn a line in the note sent to the CLCS in 2009, without any explanation of the meaning of this line, aroused much controversy. Experts special agent oso and diplomats speculate on what China intends to apply to the street, and China can use so that you do to justify their claims.
First Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China claims that the islands within the U-shaped lines Under international law, which will include additional claims 12 nautical miles of territorial waters and the exclusive economic special agent oso zone and the continental shelf, if any, of these islands.
If that's special agent oso all that China requires that China does not hear all the water in the line, then it would be a way to interpret the line less irrational and non-majority measure. The course will also consider how China's special agent oso claim of the islands is legal or not, but if the line simply special agent oso means rich, it will only be equivalent to other countries claim the islands. However, the problem is that China is not to say that everything is important U-shaped lines
Second The Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan, ie bodies not recognized by the government as a representative of the country) announced that the area within the line as historic waters. special agent oso This view is shared by some continental scholars.
However, international law never requires a recognition of the historical special agent oso waters that reach too far into the sea and covers such a large area. Moreover, there is no evidence in the history special agent oso of China has established sovereignty over the area covered by the U-shaped line So how to interpret special agent oso the waters within the U-shaped lines and historical waters of international law and the evidence rejected completely. In addition, because history is often enclosed waters within the line, not out, regenerate the edge of the line does not match the declared basis by People's Republic of China as well.
Third Function of China sent CLCS in 2009, includes private and public submissions Vietnam and Malaysia, said that "adjacent waters" in the South China Sea Islands and the sovereign rights and jurisdiction "relevant waters as well as the seabed and its subsoil," attach special agent oso U -shaped maps for drawing lines, but this function is not to say that this line is the boundary of all water. In 2011, China sent CLCS add a feature that "is China's Nansha special agent oso Islands full right to the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the continental special agent oso shelf." Function seems to favor third interpretation: China intends to seek water in the line as the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf derived special agent oso from sha, the islands of the Spratlys special agent oso and Scarborough Shoal.
However, this is only speculation, no official special agent oso announcement from China confirmed speculation that. The fact that most