Territory - Nansha Islands
Law of the Sea

After the Philippine Congress passed a bill that spelt out the archipelagic baselines of the Philippines and claimed Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal) and Nansha Islands (Spratlys) as "a regime of islands under the Republic of the Philippines", Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Wang Guangya delivered a "stern" protest. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued a statement claiming "indisputable sovereignty over these islands and their adjacent waters".