The ships were later found to have entered the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on November 14 and November 20. International maritime law grants coastal states exclusive rights to ...

West Philippine Sea and South China Sea are not the same. West Philippine Sea refers to waters inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) which, by international law, are waters up to 200 ...

The Chinese vessels were well within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), an area extending 200 nautical miles from its coastline where Manila has exclusive rights to explore and ...

The Philippines claims that China’s nine-dash line encroaches on its 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf, in violation of the United Nations Convention on the ...