Why in news?
• China has sparked a major maritime confrontation with Indonesia near the South China Sea with dozens of Chinese fishing vessels, along with a coast guard escort, entering waters off the Natuna Islands, which are within Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone but are also claimed by China.
About:
• The Natuna Regency is an archipelago of 272 islands located in the south part of the South China Sea in the Natuna Sea.
• It is part of the larger Tudjuh Archipelago, off the northwest coast of Borneo.
• Administratively, the islands constitute a regency within the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia.
Maritime administration and Chinese claim:
• Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coast of Natuna is slightly overlapped by China’s widely disputed South China Sea claim.
• Indonesia’s EEZ extends 200 nautical miles (370 km) from its shores, which around Natuna means it is slightly intersected by China’s Nine-Dash Line, defining its widely disputed claim to most of the South China Sea.
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