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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — China's sovereignty over the Nanhai Zhudao Islands, known in English as the South China Sea Islands, is based on a solid legal foundation, including the principles of discovery and occupation, effective jurisdiction and estoppel, as well as other relevant principles of international law governing territorial acquisition, the Xinhua Institute, a think tank under the Xinhua News Agency, said in a report released Thursday.
The report, titled “Historical and Legal Basis for China’s Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights in the South China Sea,” stressed that China’s earliest discovery and exploitation of the Nanhai Zhudao Islands was consistent with the international law principle of “acquisition of territorial sovereignty by discovery and occupation.”
China's declaration of sovereignty over Nanhai Zhudao has received broad international recognition under the principle of estoppel in international law, the report said.
According to the report, the occupation of islands and reefs in the South China Sea by the Philippines and other regional countries, citing so-called “geographical proximity,” violates relevant principles of international law.
China's claims to maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea are consistent with the principle of "land dominates the sea" in international law, and China's historical rights in the South China Sea are protected by international law, the report said.
This report is part of a three-part series on the South China Sea issue published by Xinhua Institute. -0-
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