Institutional Links
Australian National University, Australia
(Direct link to ANU's Research School of Pacific Studies)
China Fishery Home Page
Information Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
East-West Center, Hawaii, United States of America
(Of particular interest: Maritime Confidence and Regime Building in Northeast Asia)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
With FAOSTAT, on-line and multilingual databases containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in the areas such as fisheries, population data and food balance sheets
Hainan Research Institute of the South China Sea
A Chinese academic institute specializing on South China Sea issues. The institute was established in Haikou in 1996
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
The ICJ, which has its seat in The Hague, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
London School of Economics, United Kingdom
(Direct link to LSE's Asia Research Centre)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
The issue of the South China Sea: background information from the Chinese Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Overview of Vietnam - China Relations
Network for Pacific Asian Studies
A Norwegian national network for the promotion of the study of the Asia Pacific region
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Denmark
Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Sweden
(Direct link to Uppsala University's Southeast Asia Programme
Recommended Websites
"Calculating China's advances through the South China Sea: identifying the triggers of expansionism"
Paper released through the Naval War College Press by Lieutenant Michael Studeman, US Navy.
Comparative Connections (Published by Pacific Forum, CSIS)
A Quarterly E- Journal with full text articles on East Asian Bilateral Relations.
Division of Oceans and the Law of the Sea, United Nations.
Contains UNCLOS in full text format, the current status of the Convention and related instruments, and resolutions and decisions by the General Assembly in relation to the Law of the Sea.
EIA - United States Energy Information Administration
South China Sea Region updated February 2001
IBRU - International Boundaries Research Unit, University of Durham, United Kingdom
With a searchable international boundaries news database containing over 10,000 boundary-related reports from a wide range of news sources around the world dating from 1991 to approximately six months before the current date.
Map of the Spratly Area
South China Sea Informal Working Group,
A series of workshops held in Indonesia on "Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea." Non-governmental gatherings trying to explore ways to enhance cooperation among the nations bordering the South China Sea, including environmental and resource management issues.
Taylor Fravel's personal South China Sea home page.
Hosted by Stanford University
Territorial Conflicts in the South China Sea
A Study at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (Copenhagen), commissioned by the Finnish Foreign Ministry.
The South China Sea WWW Virtual Library
A very useful online resource for regional development, environmental and security issues in the South China Sea region.
United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) Strategic Action Plan for East Asian Seas The UNEP-GEF South China Sea Project
world news.com, for searchable online news
Clippings on the Gulf of Tonkin agreements between China and Vietnam (December 2000)
Yahoo's Full Coverage News on the Spratly dispute
News stories, regional information and related web sites