South China Sea

• Territorial claims in the South China Sea, where more than $5 trillion worth of trade passes every year.
• Only eight countries have publicly stated their support for Beijing: Afghanistan, Gambia, Kenya, Niger, Sudan, Togo, Vanuatu and Lesotho.  (6/16) 

The Spratly Islands are a disputed group of 14 islands, islets and cays and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, in the South China Sea.

Construction at Mabini (Johnson) Reef by China in the disputed Spratley Islands in the south China Sea.