Sovereignty & historical records

Materials on historical sources, documents and arguments relating to sovereignty claims in the South China Sea.

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  1. 202631 Jul 2026

    Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on the Delimitation of the So-Called “Baselines of the Territorial Sea” of China’s Territory of Huangyan Dao by the Republic of the Philippines

    中华人民共和国外交部 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China) · 中华人民共和国外交部 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China)

    Official documentPublished in China · GovernmentOpen access

  2. 202521 Feb 2025

    Declaration of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Baselines for Measuring the Breadth of the Territorial Sea in the Gulf of Tonkin

    Tuyên bố của Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam về đường cơ sở dùng để tính chiều rộng lãnh hải trong Vịnh Bắc Bộ

    Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam · Cổng thông tin điện tử Chính phủ

    Official documentPublished in Vietnam · GovernmentOpen access

  3. 20246 Feb 2024

    Nine Dash Line

    Pooja Bhatt · Routledge

    BookPublished in United Kingdom · Academic

  4. 202412 Jan 2024

    A Maritime Vietnam

    Tana Li · Cambridge University Press

    BookPublished in United Kingdom · Academic