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South China Sea
noun
- a part of the western Pacific, bounded by southeastern China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines.
South China Sea
noun
- part of the Pacific surrounded by SE China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines
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Word History and Origins
Origin of South China Sea1
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Example Sentences
The Aquino administration led a case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague, against China’s claim to virtually the entire South China Sea, including islands close to the Philippines.
China’s growing military assertiveness in the Himalayas and South China Sea aren’t helping in a part of the world where — unlike the Middle East — China does have a long history of war and invasions.
Many boats ran into trouble with the Thai pirates who prowled the South China Sea at that time.
Days were wasted searching the South China Sea, not the Indian Ocean.
There are lots of sources of tension in that relationship, notably in the South China Sea.
The South China Sea is now the scene of one of the more serious feuds between officials in Washington and Beijing.
The last part of the journey was almost entirely through shallow water—three hundred miles of the warm South China Sea.
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