Such a claim would cover four disputed sets of land features: the Paracel Islands in the northwest, claimed by Vietnam as well; the Macclesfield Bank and Scarborough Reef in the north, also claimed by the Philippines; and the Spratly Islands in the south (variously claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei, in some cases against each other as well as against China.)
Tal pretensão cobriria quatro grupos de características terrestres: as Ilhas Paracel, no Noroeste, também reivindicadas pelo Vietname, o Banco Macclesfield e o Recife Scarborough, no Norte, também reivindicados pelas Filipinas e as Ilhas Spratly no Sul (reivindicado de várias maneiras pelo Vietname, pelas Filipinas, pela Malásia e por Brunei, em alguns casos uns contra os outros, bem como contra a China.)