(The map above is by Arsana and Schofield, 2012. A larger, easier to read version, is here and here).
The Australian Naval Institute carrys an excellent article South China Sea decision explained by Clive Schofield, Professor
of Geography at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. He served as an independent
expert witness (provided by the Philippines) to the Arbitration Tribunal in the
case between the Republic of the Philippines and the People’s Republic of
China.
An inconvenient insight: "For example, the US claims
200-nautical-mile EEZs from several remote Pacific island territories that
appear remarkably similar to some of the South China Sea features that the
tribunal found could not generate extended maritime claims. The US welcomed the
ruling, but it will be intriguing to see whether the US and other countries
modify their practices in light of it."
Another interesting earlier overhead-slides presentation on how boundaries are measured is Professor Schofield's April 2013 Baselines Issues in the South China Sea: Challenges in Defining the ‘Boundary’ between Land and Sea [PDF, 10 MB].
Here is the Press Release for the Court at the Hague's, July 12, 2016, ruling on Philippines versus China.
Pete
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