Tensions between China and its neighbors have escalated in the South China Sea, and between China and Japan in the East China Sea.

And I went sailing on it, and we did surveys throughout the southern South China sea and especially the Java Sea.

SOUTH CHINA SEA

The South China Sea belongs to China! many declared.

The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north.

Calming the South China Sea

The East China Sea is a marginal sea east of China.

He was a hero in the China Sea.

Avoiding Conflict in the South China Sea

The biggest troublemaker in the South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around .

From San Francisco to the South China Sea

The Sea of Crete (, Kritiko Pelagos ) is the sea south of the Aegean Sea, north of the island Crete, and south of the Cyclades.

Map showing territorial claims in the South China Sea.

He was talking about you... like you were the hero in the China Sea.

Along the Pacific Ocean's irregular western margins lie many seas, the largest of which are the Celebes Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Sulu Sea, Tasman Sea, and Yellow Sea.

The ARF welcomed the adoption of Guidelines for Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea.

Surrounded by China to the north, and a number of South East Asian countries, the South China Sea covers an area of around 4 million square meters.

Hatoyama was naïve enough to declare publicly his intention of turning the East China Sea into a Chinese led Sea of Fraternity.

He went down with his ship, oh, 29 years ago... in a typhoon in the china sea.

Meanwhile, Asia is being roiled by intensifying territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas, as countries revive old claims against each other. East and South Asia are embroiled in an arms race, mainly at sea.

In the South China Sea, China is developing systems to allow large scale deployment of naval and air force units by fortifying bases on Hai Nan Island and the southern Chinese coastal area.

To the west is the Yellow Sea, to the south is the East China Sea, and to the east is Ulleung do and Liancourt Rocks in the Sea of Japan (East Sea).

Western Bahr el Ghazal is one of the ten states of South Sudan.

In other words, a few rocks in the South China Sea have put China between a rock and a hard place.

Ask ten Chinese, and nine will tell you unequivocally that the South China Sea belongs to China.

This is the area China has delineated by a nine dash line across much of the South China Sea.

192. The Governments of the South China Sea region and the shipping industry have been invited to place particular emphasis on the wide and effective implementation of the Working Group apos s recommendations.

Civil society has helped transform the South China Sea from waters of contention to a sea of peace and cooperation.

Americans are the biggest troublemaker in the South China Sea!! he shouted in anger.

As recent events in the East and South China Seas show, China sometimes attempts to strong arm its neighbors.

The same can be said for China s growing stridency with respect to its claims in the South China Sea.

And Chinese intransigence over the South China Sea is a direct result of the economic bonanza it suspects lies on the seabed.

The convening of the ASEAN Regional Forum and the Declaration on the South China Sea are signals that ASEAN has come of age and is ready to take charge of its own destiny.

U.S. Navy and Republic of Singapore ships steam through the South China Sea in 2008.

The main island of the is the largest of the South China Sea Islands.

Tensions are also running high in the East China Sea, where the two countries dispute sovereignty over a number of islands.

In effect, China is in the process of building a group of literally unsinkable aircraft carriers in the middle of the South China Sea.

OSAKA Territorial and maritime disputes among China, Taiwan, and several Southeast Asian countries are roiling the South China Sea region, with little prospect of resolution anytime soon.

The fears of China s rulers, I suspect, do not bode well for reaching a peaceful resolution of its territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas.

If Japan were to yield, the South China Sea would become even more fortified.

Making good on its claim to the South China Sea could be next.

Last year, China formally staked a claim under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to more than 80 of the South China Sea.

If left unchecked, China may use the South China Sea disputes to gain effective hegemony over weaker claimants.

The major test here will be whether China is willing to accept the status quo in the East and South China Seas.