Vietnam calls it the East Sea. Indonesia is calling part of it the Natuna Sea.
It’s tough because it has been called some form of China Sea for over 600 years by almost every country and almost every official cartographic organization. Only in the past 20 years has the name come under scrutiny outside that region due to the behavior of China.
I understand that it’s a traditional name. I’m just hoping that there will be a trend to call it something else (like apparently Vietnam and Indonesia are doing) just to piss of the CCP. After all, we’re talking about a government so sensitive that they couldn’t handle people pretending their leader is Winnie the Pooh.
Vietnam calls it the East Sea. Indonesia is calling part of it the Natuna Sea.
It’s tough because it has been called some form of China Sea for over 600 years by almost every country and almost every official cartographic organization. Only in the past 20 years has the name come under scrutiny outside that region due to the behavior of China.
I understand that it’s a traditional name. I’m just hoping that there will be a trend to call it something else (like apparently Vietnam and Indonesia are doing) just to piss of the CCP. After all, we’re talking about a government so sensitive that they couldn’t handle people pretending their leader is Winnie the Pooh.