• Location: An arm of the western Pacific Ocean that borders the Southeast Asian mainland.
• Border Countries: Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
• Straits
  • Taiwan Strait: South China Sea and East China Sea
  • Luzon Strait: South China Sea and Philippine Sea
• Disputed Islands
  • Spratly Islands: This archipelago is claimed in whole or in part by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei.
  • Paracel Islands: China claims these islands, as does Vietnam and Taiwan.
  • Scarborough Shoal: Both China and the Philippines claim this feature.

Source: The Hindu