The East Sea issue under the light of international law
On March 23, 2011, Xinhua - the official news agency of China, published an article titled “The Nanhai sea dispute from the perspective of the international law of the sea” by scholars He Jian and Wang Ao from the Xiang Tan University, which not only asserted the so-called “sovereignty” of China in the East Sea but also falsely accused Viet Nam and other Southeast Asian nations of having “bent” the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and fought for “China’s sovereignty” in the East Sea. Viet Nam News Agency introduces below an article titled “The East Sea issue under the light of international law” written by Hai Bien, a Vietnamese East Sea researcher, aiming to elaborate on the East Sea issue under the light of international law, particularly the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.