China Sea

American  

noun

1. the East China Sea and the South China Sea, taken together.

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China Sea British  

noun

1. part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China: divided by Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south

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Example Sentences

The two countries have held live-fire naval drills in the South China Sea and have frequently flown and sailed together near Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal

China on Wednesday confirmed that its air force had conducted a joint patrol with Russia in the East China Sea and Western Pacific airspace.

From BBC

Japan’s defense ministry said that on Tuesday, two Russian TU-95 bombers flew from the Sea of Japan through the Tsushima Strait that separates Japan and South Korea to the East China Sea, where they rendezvoused with two Chinese H-6 bombers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tuesday’s patrol was the 10th such bomber flight in the East China Sea and Western Pacific as part of annual military exercises between Russia and China, China’s Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on X.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last week, China and Japan's coast guards gave conflicting accounts of a confrontation near disputed islands in the East China Sea.

From BBC