The total area of China’s claims on other countries exceeds the size of modern China itself, but Beijing refuses to budge on its claims.
Many are based on unsubstantiated (outside China) and unprecedented “historical precedents” dating back centuries.
And while China only has land borders with 14 countries, it is claiming territory from at least 23 individual nations.
These include Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, maritime territory which is 1000 kilometres from the closest Chinese soil (well outside the internationally recognised 200 kilometre EEZ).
The following is a list of China’s current claims against other countries, all of which it has made painfully clear it is willing to go to war over:
Afghanistan
Afghan province of Bahdashan (despite treaty of 1963, China still encroaches on Afghan territory).
Bhutan
Bhutanese enclaves in Tibet, namely Cherkip Gompa, Dho, Dungmar, Gesur, Gezon, Itse Gompa, Khochar, Nyanri, Ringung, Sanmar, Tarchen and Zuthulphuk. Also Kula Kangri and mountainous areas to the west of this peak, plus the western Haa District of Bhutan
Brunei
South China Sea especially Spratly Islands
Burma
China claims large areas of Burma on historical precedent (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368). There are unspecified border disputes with Burma.
Cambodia
China has, on occasion, claimed parts of Cambodia on historical precedent (Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644)
India
Aksai Chin (part of Jammu and Kashmir), Demchok, Chumar, Kaurik, Shipki Pass, Jadh, and Lapthal Shaksgam Valley, South Tibet (part of India-controlled Arunachal Pradesh), Trans-Karakoram Tract
Indonesia
Parts of the South China Sea.
Japan
Parts of the East China Sea, particularly the Senkaku Islands. Also, on occasion, the Ryukyu Islands, on the grounds that the completely independent Kingdom of Ryukyu was once a vassal state of China. The Kingdom of Ryukyu terminated tributary relations with China in 1874.
Kazakhstan
There are continual unilateral claims by China on Kazakhstan territory, despite new agreements, in China’s favour, signed every few years.
Kyrgyzstan
China claims the majority of Kyrgyzstan on the grounds that it was unfairly forced to cede the territory (which it had formerly conquered) to Russia in the 19th century.
Laos
China claims large areas of Laos on historical precedent (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368)
Malaysia
Parts of the South China Sea, particularly the Spratly Islands
Mongolia
China claims all of Mongolia on historical precedent (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368). In fact, Mongolia, under Genghis Khan, occupied China.
Nepal
China claims parts of Nepal dating back to the Sino-Nepalese War in 1788-1792. China claims they are part of Tibet, therefore part of China.
North Korea
Baekdu Mountain and Jiandao. China has also on occasion claimed all of North Korea on historical grounds (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368).
Pakistan
Territory is still unilaterally claimed by China, despite China signing numerous agreements.
Philippines
Parts of the South China Sea, particularly Scarborough Shoal and the Spratly Islands
Russia
160,000 square kilometres still unilaterally claimed by China, despite China signing numerous agreements. Most of Siberia.
Singapore
Parts of the South China Sea.
South Korea
Parts of the East China Sea. China has also on occasion claimed all of South Korea on historical grounds (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368).
Taiwan
China claims all of Taiwan, but particular disputes are: Macclesfield Bank, Paracel Islands, Scarborough Shoal, Senkaku Islands, parts of the South China Sea and the Spratly Islands.
Tajikistan
China claims parts of Tajikistan on historical precedent (Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912).
Vietnam
China claims large parts of Vietnam on historical precedent (Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644). Also: Macclesfield Bank, Paracel Islands, parts of the South China Sea and the Spratly Islands.
Additionally, China recently taunted Hillary Clinton about claiming territorial rights on Hawaii, and claimed that Chinese sailors had settled peacefully in Australia centuries before European discovery. And let’s not forget the supposed 1418 map that “proves” China discovered the Americas (and the entire world) long before Columbus.
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Reblogged this on Oyia Brown.
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Well let’s claim China from Adam and Eve time then.
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I have always said to be cautious of China’s long term plans. Claiming land is bad enough, but they are also leasing land from other nations as well.
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Reblogged this on CHINDIA ALERT: You'll be living in their world, very soon and commented:
This article does not give a source ref. However, if it is correct, then together with the new “air defence zone”, the requirement for Uighur students to demonstrate “correct political views” and recent spar with India all point to a new belligerent China. Not good news at all for the world community.
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There are individual links to every claim listed.
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I kept on telling people here in India, that China is not enemy, this is its way of life.!! Good.. Aggressive.. As a word of caution, the worried countries should become assertive. Nice article, nice observation.
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stupid comment not worthy of any praise.
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Thanks for not ignoring. Anyways.
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Reblogged this on Varun Goyal and commented:
In the recent article, I had discussed about being rational and irrational. See in this blog, one can clearly see that rationality is the mother of irrationality. Both are the sides of same coin. Rationality is pregnant with irrationality.
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You miss Thailand. China once invaded this country.
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The UN have existing Laws on most of this problem. We just need to put some teeth to it.
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And maybe remove the veto powers as well. A majority at the Security Council and/or the General Assembly is right now a joke it seems amid the veto powers.
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Now…China will own the moon and will name it “Chi-mon” ..
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They will come out with proof that ancient Chinese used to gaze at the moon 4000 years ago, so now it should be part of China
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and soon enough we will be surprised that I will have a tattoo on my neck that reads “made in china”
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Have sufficient historical basis description, the South China Sea is the South China Sea, the Diaoyu Islands and other islands of the Huangyan Island is China. China is not the ancient Chinese. Their own land will be back. Your garbage, where nonsense, useful?
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I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you’re not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you chayneez do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Communist cheeenkeees are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You’re a plague and we are the cure. – Agent Smith
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China is Socialism with Chinese characteristics and since the Communist party destroyed the Religions and rebuilt them as Communist puppets the only real characteristics you have left are the worst characteristics of the imperial Chinese monarchy. The Chinese have suffered so much from this Socialism with Imperial characteristics 😦
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well what can i say F*** YOU CHINA
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My IQ went down by 40 points after reading this post, and I am not a Chinese even. I am a foreigner, so I have validity.
Most of these claims are not even active, or have been resolved since the 90’s.
China never laid a claim based on the territory it had during Yuan and Ming.
Ryuku was an independent nation, China never laid a claim on it. It only supports its independence from Japan.
Also, It was ROC that laid a claim on Mongolia, PRC has already recognized its independence since the 50’s.
The only active territorial disputes it has is between China and India, Senkaku/Diaoyu, and SCS. The rest is crap. Most of the countries you mentioned there are friendly to China, they wouldnt be friendly if China seeks to annex their territory. As a person with a political science background, I died a little. I am not a Chinese.
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What are you talking about China’s claims to Tibet are based on The Yuan Dynasty!
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http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-six-wars-in-the-next-50-years/
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Greed and gluttony will never be satiated however much they consume . We have to be aware of statements like such and such place has always been “an integral part” of so and so country. It become a real issue when the country in a member of the UN’s P5 and can very well bully around. Being responsible as a big power and becoming a leader takes second place to greed and wanting all.
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Chinese logic:
If you have an antique China ware (ceramic) in your house, China owns you, including your country.
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China is land grabber and their origin can be traced to Mongolia.so China is not a country.its part of Mongolia.
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It’s interesting to see so many commenters here simply take this piece of horse shit assuming it’s truth without checking it’s validity.
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Yes, it’s amazing isn’t it – everybody in the world is wrong and only you know the truth. We get a lot of wumaos here, so welcome to our site.
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With international risk managers looking at Russia’s war games perhaps we should not forget China? This reblog should jog memories. But the real ‘elephant in the room’ is in Washington. Do the nationalists or the globalists hold greater sway in Trump’s government?
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What about east turkestan why do you people keep hiding it
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China always bullshit same like Us
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Indian Occupied Arunanchal Pradesh????? Seriously…. Entire Arunanchal Pradesh is an integral part of India with entire kashmir and Ladakh ….. We never robbed even an inch of foreign land as how others did….
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PLEASE WAKE UP. Those countries will pay very heavy price for supporting China’s Uyghur Genocide. Only terrorists support genocide. Only terrorist support terrorists. Dictators of those countries are mass murdering own citizens in own country and supporting China’s UYGHUR GENOCIDE for dirty Chinese Money. Put money above human life will force them pay heavy price.
We all know very well, CHI-NAZI ARE EXTERMINATING ENTIRE UYGHUR NATION TO TAKE OVER VAST AND NATURAL RESOURCES EXTREMELY RICH UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN.
Since early 2016, China has been Carrying out Genocide and Ethnically Cleansing UYGHUR PEOPLE in UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN.
CHINA’S UYGHUR GENOCIDE IN CHINA UNLAWFULLY OCCUPIED UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN IS NOT CHINA’S INTERNAL AFFAIRS. IT IS VERY SERIOUS CRIMES.
CHINA’S TIBETAN GENOCIDE IN CHINA UNLAWFULLY OCCUPIED TIBET IS NOT CHINA’S INTERNAL AFFAIRS. IT IS VERY SERIOUS CRIMES.
CHINA’S SOUTHERN MONGOLIAN GENOCIDE IN CHINA UNLAWFULLY OCCUPIED SOUTHERN MONGOLIA IS NOT CHINA’S INTERNAL AFFAIRS. IT IS VERY SERIOUS CRIMES.
Bat and dog eaters are universally considered lowlifes. They have no human behaviour.
CHINESE WERE ALIENS IN UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN, TIBET, SOUTHERN MONGOLIA, MANCHURIA, HUI REPUBLIC, AKSAY, KOKNOOR (QINGHAI), KANGSU (GANSU), CANTONIA, KOREAN LIAONING.
In EAST TURKESTAN REPUBLIC before 1949, there were over 97% UYGHURS, less than 3% Kazakh, Kyrgyzstan, Tatar and Uzbek. Less than 30,000 ethnic-Han-Chinese illegal immigrants, Refugees.
On 17 October 1949 China has Unlawfully invaded Uyghur East Turkestan, murdered over 45% Uyghurs, and 1st October 1955 set up XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.
FIRST TRAIN HAS CONNECTED UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN WITH CHINA IN OCTOBER 1958 to steal variety of goods from Vast and Natural Resources Extremely Rich UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN.
Until 1966, except Unlawfully invaded Chinese Armed Forces there were no settled Ethnic Han-Chinese in UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN…
Second Train has connected East Turkestan with China in 2018 to Mass Unlawful Transport illiterate, homeless, jobless, starving and unwanted ethnic Han-Chinese from villages in China to Uyghur East Turkestan.
Chinese government has cut off All Telephone connections, All internet connections, All Postal Services and All Essential Travels in Between UYGHUR PEOPLES’ Vast East Turkestan and Rest of the World.
In 2019, there were over 46% Uyghur and less than 40% Chinese in Uyghur East Turkestan. All Chinese in Uyghur East Turkestan are 100% illegal immigrants.
China has put ALL UYGHUR INTELLECTUALS, Uyghur Leaders, Uyghur business owners and young Uyghur man in China’s UYGHUR CONCENTRATION DEATH CAMPS, China’s UYGHUR ORGAN HARVESTING CENTRES and China’s HALAL UYGHUR ORGAN INDUSTRY is booming..
There is no Uyghur is allowed to travel to outside UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN. There is no Uyghur is allowed to travel to UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN from any other countries…..
WAKE UP PEOPLE. Have you meet up with any Uyghur, Tibetan or any non-ethnic-Han-Chinese from China unlawfully invaded and China illegally occupied NINE COUNTRIES – UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN, Buddhist Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria, Korean Liaoning, Hui Republic, Kok Noor (Qinghai), Kazak Aksay and Cantonia?
We all know that there were Millions of CCP Trolls, CCP Parrots, CCP Spies, Thieves, Copycats, Hackers, Mass Murderers, Terrorists, CGTN and many false information producers, False information Feeders …
Are there any Terrorist Organisation in the World have no Financial Support from CCP Chi-NAZI? .
We have studied Chinese language, Chinese culture and Chinese history in China. We have lived in China for many years. We have traveled all over China. We have traveled all over China Unlawfully invaded and China illegally occupied NINE COUNTRIES – UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN, Buddhist Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria, Korean Liaoning, Hui Republic, Kok Noor (Qinghai), Kazak Aksay and Cantonia.
CHINESE WERE ALIENS in NINE COUNTRIES – UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN, Buddhist Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria, Korean Liaoning, Hui Republic, Kok Noor (Qinghai), Kazak Aksay, Cantonia.
All Chinese were slaves of Manchu People’s Qing Dynasty from 1624 – 1912. There was no country named China. Chinese were named MAN CHING REN (People in Manchu People’s Qing Dynasty or subjects of Manchu People’s Qing Dynasty). After Manchu People’s Qing Dynasty collapsed in 1912, there were many war lords. Uyghurs have re-established UYGHUR East Turkestan Republic in 1933. In East Turkestan Republic, Uyghurs were 97% and less than 3% were Kazakh, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbek, and Tatar etc Turkic people. There were no settled Chinese in East Turkestan Republic, only less than 30,000 Chinese Refugees and Chinese illegal immigrants in Uyghur East Turkestan Republic.
After many bloody wars, 1st October 1949 Chinese have own country – People’s Republic of China. In December 1949 Chinese Army has unlawfully invaded UYGHUR East Turkestan. Until start of Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966, there was no settled Chinese citizen in UYGHUR East Turkestan Republic.
SIZE OF EAST TURKESTAN IS BIGGER THAN COMBINATION OF EUROPE’S BIGGEST FOUR COUNTRIES GERMANY, FRANCE, UK AND ITALY. Again East Turkestan has so much Rare Earth Materials, Uranium, Gold, Petrol, Gas, Fresh water, Great Grassland, Plenty of Wild animals, Fertile land, so much food, vegetables, fruits.
Over 1.4 billion Chinese are living in extremely over crowded, over polluted and natural resources poor little China. Chinese Population are booming. Chinese are desperately invading all fertile lands in China unlawfully invaded and China illegally occupied NINE COUNTRIES – UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN, Buddhist Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria, Korean Liaoning, Hui Republic, Kok Noor (Qinghai), Kazak Aksay, and Cantonia.
Since early 2016, China has been Carrying out Genocide and Ethnically Cleansing UYGHUR PEOPLE in UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN. Chinese government has cut off All Telephone connections, All internet connections, All Postal Services and All Essential Travels in Between UYGHUR PEOPLES’ Vast East Turkestan and Rest of the World. In 2019, there were over 46% Uyghur and less than 40% Chinese in Uyghur East Turkestan. All Chinese in Uyghur East Turkestan are 100% illegal immigrants.
China has put ALL UYGHUR INTELLECTUALS, Uyghur Leaders, Uyghur business owners and young Uyghur man in China’s UYGHUR CONCENTRATION DEATH CAMPS, China’s UYGHUR ORGAN HARVESTING CENTRES and China’s HALAL UYGHUR ORGAN INDUSTRY is booming..
There is no Uyghur is allowed to travel to outside UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN. There is no Uyghur is allowed to travel to UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN from any other countries.
Since early 2016, Chinese government and Chinese armed forces have unlawfully transported over TEN MILLION illiterate, extremely poor, homeless, jobless and unwanted ethnic Han-Chinese from villages in China to Vast and Natural Resources Rich UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN and allocated those Omni-eater to all Uyghur Families to look after…. Those Chinese were traveled over THREE THOUSAND Km from Villages in China, crossed entire Hui Republic, Kok Noor, Great Gobi Desert, Tengrii Mountains and settled in Uyghur homes in UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN… Chinese armed forces and Chinese armed thugs have unlawfully round up all UYGHUR MALES aged 14-70 and put them in China’s UYGHUR Concentration Mass Murder Camps, China’s Uyghur Organ Harvesting Centres… Over 7 Million Uyghur children were taken away from Uyghur homes and China has send them to China’s UYGHUR Children Concentration Camps and China’s Uyghur Organ Harvesting Centres…. Millions of Chinese have implanted Uyghur Organs and Chinese government has made billions of Dollars after sell Uyghur Organs…. Many Rich Saudis and Rich Arabs have implanted HALAL UYGHUR ORGANS and China has made another Billions of Dollars from UYGHUR ORGAN HARVESTING AND UYGHUR ORGAN IMPLANTING INDUSTRIES.
Buddhist Tibetans have lost over 40 million lives under China’s ethnic cleansing…. Now Tibetans have no power to resist state terrorism…
Christian minorities are all raped, forced to worship Xi jinping and Christians are living in horror..
CCP China and CCP CHINESE have no Transparency, No Accountability, No humanity, No civilization, No culture, No dignity…. All terrorists are 100% Chinese illegal immigrants in China unlawfully invaded and China illegally occupied NINE COUNTRIES – UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN, Buddhist Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria, Korean Liaoning, Hui Republic, Kok Noor (Qinghai), Kazak Aksay, Cantonia.
CCP China has paid $15 million to PALESTINE, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, etc to support China at the UN Assembly.
At the UN Assembly on 12 July 2019 and again on 30 October 2019 PALESTINE, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, etc have supported China to Exterminate UYGHURS and Full Occupy UYGHUR PEOPLES’ Vast and Natural Resources Rich Motherland East Turkestan.
How on earth, PALESTINE and most Arab countries Support China to Ethnically Cleanse All UYGHUR CHILDREN, Uyghur woman, Uyghur man and Unlawfully Occupy UYGHUR PEOPLES’ Motherland East Turkestan and same time Palestine SCREAM ABOUT ISRAEL?
China’s UYGHUR Concentration Mass Murder Camps, Uyghur Organ Harvesting Centres and China’s Uyghur Halal Uyghur Organ Industry are not China’s Internal Affairs.
International community will bring Xi Jinping and Chinese dictators to justice and they will face serious justice. They have to deal by justice for State Terrorism, Mass Murder Uyghurs, Illegal Invasion in Uyghur East Turkestan, War crimes, Unlawful Occupation of Uyghur East Turkestan, Mass Torture, Forced Starvation, Gang rape, Forced Abortion and mass murder Uyghur mothers and Uyghur children, Dehumanization, De-Culturisation, Harvesting Organs from still living defenceless Uyghurs to make money, Uyghur genocide, Uyghur Ethnic cleansing, De-Uyghurising UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN, Re-population of UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN with Mass Ethnic Han-Chinese Unlawful immigration from Villages in Provinces of China to UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN, Stealing Trillions of Dollars of Goods from Uyghurs and Uyghurs East Turkestan ( Over TRILLION DOLLARS of Rare Earth Materials, Uranium, Gold, Coal, Petrol, Natural Gas, Cotton, Grains, Animals, Meat, Wool, Fruits, Vegetables, Jade, Gems and many more )…..
Freedom, Independence and Self Governing for UYGHUR EAST TURKESTAN, Buddhist Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria, Korean Liaoning, Hui Republic, Kok Noor (Qinghai), Kazak Aksay, Cantonia, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Stop Work as Trolls and Parrots of CCP China
Boycott China..
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