South China Sea

South China Sea
A map of the South China Sea
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	南中國海
Simplified Chinese	南中国海
Hanyu Pinyin	Nán Zhōnggúo Hǎi
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nán Zhōnggúo Hǎi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping naam4 zong1 gwok3 hoi2
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	Biển Đông
Malay name
Malay	Laut China Selatan
Filipino name
Tagalog	Timog Dagat Tsina ('Dagat Kanlurang Pilipinas', meaning "West Philippine Sea", for the portion within Philippine waters)
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Mar da China Meridional

The South China Sea is an ocean region in the south of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean.

The sea and its islands and reefs are claimed by many nations, including China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.^[1] These claims are mirrored in the many names used for the islands and the sea.

1. ↑ "Stirring up the South China Sea (II): Regional Responses," Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine Asia Report N°229, 24 July 2012; retrieved 2013-4-17.