Beijing could face Asean’s wrath over ‘naming and claiming’ of South China Sea features, observers say

China’s naming of, and effectively claiming, 80 geographical features in the disputed South China Sea might be a breach of international law, and could trigger a backlash from its Southeast Asian neighbours, analysts have warned.Over the weekend, Beijing gave names to 25 islands, shoals and reefs, and 55 undersea mountains and ridges. The last time it made such a move was in 1983, when it identified 287 features in the region where several nations hold competing territorial claims.While it is…

from South China Morning Post https://bit.ly/3bDugdI