These claims include Scarborough Shoal, a rich fishing grounds known in the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc and in China as Huangyan Island. After a 2012 standoff with the U.S.-allied Philippines ...

As a result, the name “Scarborough Shoal” first appeared on maps of Philippine waters by English cartographers in the 1750s, according to research by a member of the Philippine Map Collectors ...

The South China Sea, including Scarborough Shoal, remains one of the most heavily disputed maritime zones in the world. China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei are among the nations ...

China claims sovereignty over much of the resource-rich South China Sea under its unilaterally imposed ten-dash-line map, alleging ... vessels sailed near Scarborough Shoal—a rich fishing ...