International scholars debunk China’s South China Sea claims

via Vietnam Express, 20 November 2021:

Historical evidence proves that China’s exercise of so-called “historic rights” in the South China Sea is untenable, international scholars said.
China had sent a series of diplomatic letters and notes to the United Nations in 2019, claiming to have sovereignty over several entities and “historic rights” in the South China Sea, among other maritime claims.

“Vietnam is the first country to claim sovereignty in the South China Sea and the only country that has continuously managed the Paracel and Spratly islands in accordance with international law,” Vu Hai Dang, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Law of the National University of Singapore, said at a conference in Hanoi Thursday.

Vietnam calls the South China Sea the East Sea.

Source: International scholars debunk China’s South China Sea claims – VnExpress International