China's annual moratorium covers waters claimed by several countries with ongoing territorial disputes with the East Asian power.

China has pushed back against Google Maps labeling the western stretch of the South China Sea as the "West Philippine Sea." Newsweek has contacted Google and the Chinese Foreign Ministry for comment ...

China claims more than 90% of the potentially energy-rich South China Sea via a U-shaped "nine-dash line" on its maps that stretches into Southeast Asia and cuts into the exclusive economic zones ...

In response to a media inquiry that Google Maps now shows the label "West Philippine Sea," whereas it previously displayed "South China Sea," with some reports claiming that this change helps ...

and the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award,” the DFA said. READ: West Philippine Sea seen on Google Maps A tribunal established under the Unclos had ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Philippines ...

Vietnam Opposes China, Philippines Acts on Disputed South China Sea Reef HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has sent diplomatic notes to China and the Philippines to protest against their activities in ...

The West Philippine Sea label was placed at the left portion of Mindoro and Luzon islands of the Google Maps. Screenshot The South China Sea label remains at the northwest of the West Philippine ...

A Chinese expert said the hype around the so-called "West Philippine Sea" is nothing new and should not be taken too seriously as the South China Sea remains the widely accepted name used by the ...

But further south ... lie within its EEZ. China, meanwhile, claims almost the entire sea via its so-called 'nine-dash line', a sweeping boundary drawn on a map in the 1940s that has no legal ...

BEIJING derided the American tech giant Google for naming a portion of South China Sea as ... the “West Philippine Sea” in its mapping service platforms Google Maps and Google Earth.