China’s territorial ambition

By Choi Yearn-hong and Koh Choong-suk

China explains its incursions into the South China Sea and the East China Sea using the geological reason of the outer continental shelf theory and the historical reason of its ancient voyages to the distant seas. It has confronted Vietnam and the Philippines. It also claims the sea of Malaysia and Indonesia.

China has confronted Japan in the East China Sea over exploration of undersea oil,