and countries like Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Brunei in recent ... of Taiwan, spanning west of the Philippines, north of Indonesia, and east ... The line, which is contested by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan ...

in the southwest, to the Taiwan Strait in the northeast. The United States has a great deal at stake in the South China Sea. China, Taiwan, Indonesia, ... political tensions across the Taiwan Strait between Beijing and Taipei ...