According to the text, China claims three million square kilometers of ocean under its jurisdiction – an area that includes as many as 6,700 islands.
“The struggle over our sea rights is not over,†the text states. “We will not yield even the tiniest speck of our resources.â€
According to a recent report by the US Office of Naval Intelligence, China’s claim on “three million square kilometers of blue territory†would incorporate “nearly 90 percent of the area within the major bodies of water within the First Island Chain, including the Bo Hai, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea.â€
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