China provided the United Nations with detailed claims to waters in the East China Sea on Friday, apparently padding out its legal argument in an ongoing territorial dispute with Japan.
The Foreign Ministry said it submitted documents claiming waters extending beyond its 370-kilometre exclusive economic zone. It said geological features dictated that China’s claim extended to the edge of the continental shelf off the Chinese coast, about 200 kilometres from Japan’s Okinawa Island. Reported by S.China Morning Post 1 hour ago.
The Foreign Ministry said it submitted documents claiming waters extending beyond its 370-kilometre exclusive economic zone. It said geological features dictated that China’s claim extended to the edge of the continental shelf off the Chinese coast, about 200 kilometres from Japan’s Okinawa Island. Reported by S.China Morning Post 1 hour ago.