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| Keywords: Baselines of Eastern Asia English.png of what is depicted is as follows <br /> the People's Republic of China Officially published mainland and Paracels' baselines and EEZ limits; Official Sino-Vietnamese Gulf of Tonkin baseline and EEZ limit; The baseline and EEZ limit of the Spratlys have not been officially published hence they are calculated based upon features that remain above sea-level at high-tide according to what is set forth in the ratified UNCLOS III; Segments of the EEZ limit that are currently in dispute with other nation-states are illustrated using China's claim Specifically using the isobathic midline of the Okinawan Trench as the EEZ border between China and Japan on the East Sea of China as suggested by Chinese authorities; The dotted delineation often employed on unofficial Chinese maps with no actual legal meaning is also shown as a point-of-comparison;<br /> the Republic of China Taiwan Officially published baselines and EEZ limits of Taiwan and surrounding islands and the Pratas Islands; Segments of the EEZ limit that are currently in dispute with other nation-states are illustrated using Taiwan's claim Specifically using the isobath midline of the Okinawan Trench as the EEZ border between Taiwan and Japan on the East Sea of China; The dotted delineation often employed on unofficial Taiwanese maps with no actual legal meaning is also shown as a point-of-comparison;<br /> the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Officially published baseline and EEZ limit outside the joint Vietnamese-Chinese Northern Gulf Economic Zone; Segments of the EEZ limit that are currently in dispute with other nation-states are illustrated using Viet Nam's claim Specifically the dispute with Cambodia over Phu Quoc Island and its EEZ limits on the East Sea of Vietnam;<br /> the Kingdom of Cambodia Officially published baseline and EEZ limit Segments of the EEZ limit that are currently in dispute with other nation-states are illustrated using Cambodia's claim Specifically the dispute with Viet Nam over Koh Tral Island;<br /> Japan Officially published baseline and EEZ limit Segments of the EEZ limit that are currently in dispute with other nation-states are illustrated using Japan's claim Specifically the Northern Territories dispute with Russia over the Southern Chishimas Japan's claim over the Takeshimas limits of the Joint Japanese-Korean Cooperative Economic Zone and the EEZ border between Japan and China on the East China Sea using the midline equidistant from each nation-state's baseline as suggested by Japanese authorities;<br /> the Republic of Korea Officially published baseline and EEZ limits much of which matches that of China and Japan ; Segments of the EEZ limit that are currently in dispute with other nation-states are illustrated using South Korea's claim Specifics whether disputed or not include South Korea's claim over the Dokdos on the East Sea of Korea and the related suggestion of using the rocks as baseline points for South Korea the limits of the Joint Korean-Japanese Cooperative Economic Zone the South Korean-Chinese EEZ border using the midline equidistant to each other's baselines as agreed upon by the two nation-states and the submerged reef of Ieodo which although is staffed by South Korean personnel it is only a submerged feature even in low-tide and thus cannot serve as a baseline point for South Korea;<br /> the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Officially published baseline and EEZ limits much of which matches that of China and Japan ; Segments of the EEZ limit that are currently in dispute with other nation-states are illustrated using North Korea's claim Specifics whether disputed or not include North Korea's claim over the Tokdos on the East Sea of Korea and the related suggestion of using the rocks as baseline points for North Korea the North Korean-Chinese EEZ border using the midline equidistant to each other's baselines as agreed upon by the two nation-states;<br /> the Republic of the Philippines Officially published baseline and EEZ limits; The limits of the Municipality of Kalayaan in the Province of Palawan are not used as baseline points however at the time of the creation of this map April 2008 there are proposals in the Philippine Congress that do indeed use the Kalayaans as points in the Philippine baseline As the Philippines has ratified UNCLOS III they are obligated as an Archipelagic State to submit any Extended Continental Shelf in its legal sense limit changes to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf UNCLCS by the 13 May 2009 dealine; This illustration uses the older baselines as set forth in Republic Act Number 5446 and the EEZ limits calculated from that baseline As Republic Act Number 5446 predates UNCLOS III much of it is in actuality not compatible with UNCLOS III therefore the Philippine Congress are currently discussing new baseline and EEZ limits For further information please refer to Senate Bill Number 1467 House Bill Number 3216 and the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Proposal The latent Philippine claim over parts of north-eastern Sabah and disputes over the Philippine-Malaysia baseline and EEZ borders are not shown;<br /> the State of Brunei Abode of Peace Officially published EEZ limits; Its baseline are in dispute with Malaysia and have not been officially published and is therefore not shown; Note that its official EEZ encircles three features claimed by other nation-states that are eligible to serve as baseline points nevertheless as Brunei has not published its baseline the status of these features as claimed by Brunei is uncertain;<br /> the Republic of India Officially published EEZ limits in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on the Bay of Bengal;<br /> the Republic of Indonesia Officially published baseline and EEZ limits; Segments of the EEZ limit that are currently in dispute with other nation-states are illustrated using Indonesia's claim Specifically the EEZ dispute with Viet Nam on the South China Sea; Indonesia Malaysia and East Timor share the same EEZ borders;<br /> Malaysia Officially published baseline and EEZ limits; Segments of the EEZ limit that are currently in dispute with other nation-states are illustrated using Malaysia's claim Specifically the dispute with the Indonesia over the three islands of Sipadan Ligitan and Sebatik on the Sulawesi Sea; Note that on the 17 December 2002 the International Court of Justice decided that Sipadan and Ligitan belonged to Malaysia and Sebatik to Indonesia; Malaysia's baseline dispute with Brunei; The dispute with Singapore over the island of Batu Puteh; Note that on the 23 May 2008 the International Court of Justice decided that Batu Puteh belonged to Singapore Batuan Tengah to Malaysia and the South Ledge remains in dispute until the new baselines based upon ICJ's decision could be delineated; Indonesia Malaysia and East Timor share the same EEZ borders;<br /> Image Linghai Jixian png<br /> Image Bazlinio de Orienta Azio malplena png PD-Layout 64px Public domain en I the copyright holder of this work hereby release it into the public domain This applies worldwide <br /> <small> en In case this is not legally possible </small><br /> en I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose without any conditions unless such conditions are required by law <hr style width 95 ; margin 0 5em auto; 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