FenrirIIIChinese coast guard ram and puncture Philippine military boats in disputed shoal
MyDogLovesMeSomehow this factors into taking over Taiwan.
It factors into China’s ambitions to control the entire South China Sea:
mozzThat "China/Taiwan" is just kinda thrown in there without even an asterisk or anything
(Actually I guess leaving Taiwan out of the legend entirely would have looked like an accident or something, and having a separate color for it would have been a huge deal and they'd have started to get phone calls, and so they just shrugged and put that down and said you know what it's not a perfect world let's move on)
There’s also that both PRC and ROC claim the area. IIRC, Taiwan actually claims three extra dashes.
Bloody hell, you are right (well, sort of; apparently it's complex.) That's convenient for the map makers, I guess, although best of luck to them in enforcing any of it (and according to that article they've sort of clarified that that doesn't mean they're actually claiming the sea, as best as I can understand it.)
Taiwan’s Evolving Position in the South China Sea— And Why Other Actors Should Take Notice | Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
Taiwan, along with China and four Southeast Asian countries, is a claimant in the South China Sea, though this fact is sometimes overlooked, despite it occupying the largest natural land feature in the South China Sea (Taiping Island or Itu Aba). On paper, Taiwan and China appear to be making substantially the same claims. The […]