Dossier
continental shelf
Coverage of continental shelf in the Nexus archive.
- China sends warning to Japan and the Philippines over ‘wrongful’ maritime talks
China issued a legal warning to Japan and the Philippines over their planned maritime border talks, calling the negotiations 'internationally wrongful.' The talks aim to delimit overlapping exclusive economic zones and continental shelf areas claimed by China.
- Why have Japan and the Philippines’ maritime boundary talks angered China?
Japan and the Philippines have initiated formal negotiations to delimit their maritime boundaries in the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and continental shelf, prompting China to conduct enforcement patrols in the region. China asserts its claimed rights under domestic and international law, while the Taiwanese coastguard reportedly monitored these activities.