Describe the disputes in the South China sea
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The disputes involve both maritime boundaries and islands.[10] There are several disputes, each of which involves a different collection of countries:
1.The nine-dash line area claimed by the Republic of China, later the People's Republic of China (PRC), which covers most of the South China Sea and overlaps with the exclusive economic zone claims of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
2.Maritime boundary along the Vietnamese coast between the PRC, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
3.Maritime boundary north of Borneo between the PRC, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, and Taiwan.
4.Islands, reefs, banks and shoals in the South China Sea, including the Paracel Islands, the Pratas Islands, Macclesfield Bank, Scarborough Shoal and the Spratly Islands between the PRC, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and parts of the area also contested by Malaysia and the Philippines.
5.Maritime boundary in the waters north of the Natuna Islands between the PRC, Indonesia and Taiwan[11]
6.Maritime boundary off the coast of Palawan and Luzon between the PRC, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
7.Maritime boundary, land territory, and the islands of Sabah, including Ambalat, between Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
8.Maritime boundary and islands in the Luzon Strait between the PRC, the Philippines, and Taiwan.