China claims more than 80 per cent of the South China Sea as its territory - demarcated on its maps as a nine-dash line, or, more recently, as a 10-dash line. The Second Thomas Shoal falls within ...

MANILA: Chinese ships staged a rare “invasion” of Ayungin or Second Thomas Shoal in the West Philippine ... 370-km exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf, one of the nine features ...