Islands or rocks? Evolving dispute in South China Sea

The wrangling over access to resources in the Spratly Islands is evolving into a legal dispute. The issue is whether the geographic features in the South China Sea are islands or rocks. Islands are entitled to an EEZ and continental shelf of their own, but rocks are not.

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Main Author: Robert Beckman.
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-946252020-11-01T08:01:09Z Islands or rocks? Evolving dispute in South China Sea Robert Beckman. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science The wrangling over access to resources in the Spratly Islands is evolving into a legal dispute. The issue is whether the geographic features in the South China Sea are islands or rocks. Islands are entitled to an EEZ and continental shelf of their own, but rocks are not. 2012-05-11T07:27:22Z 2019-12-06T18:59:22Z 2012-05-11T07:27:22Z 2019-12-06T18:59:22Z 2011 2011 Commentary Robert Beckman. (2011). Islands or rocks? Evolving dispute in South China Sea. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 075). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94625 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7898 en RSIS Commentaries ; 075-11 2 p. application/pdf
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Islands or rocks? Evolving dispute in South China Sea
description The wrangling over access to resources in the Spratly Islands is evolving into a legal dispute. The issue is whether the geographic features in the South China Sea are islands or rocks. Islands are entitled to an EEZ and continental shelf of their own, but rocks are not.
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