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Watch: 5 videos that explain the South China Sea dispute

Nishant Saxena | Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:49 IST

As the Hague Tribunal delivered its verdict that China does "not have historic rights" in the South China Sea, Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency said that China "does not accept and does not recognise" the judgement.

On 12 July, an international tribunal ruled that China had no legal basis to claim historic rights to resources in the South China Sea. "There was no legal basis for China to claim historic rights to resources within the sea areas falling within the 'nine-dash line'," the court said in a 497-page ruling, referring to a demarcation line on a 1947 map of the sea.

China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei make claims to territory in the South China Sea, a 3.5 million sq km area with some of the world's most promising oil and gas fields and vital fishing grounds.

Here are some videos that capture what the South China Sea dispute is all about.

Watch the video to understand the issue of the waters of South China Sea

Watch the video to understand what the nine dash line really is

This video will tell you what China expects from India about the dispute over the waters of the sea

The video explains why the United States of America is nervous about China's dominance in the South China Sea

This is how China justifies legally, its claim to the territory

First published: 12 July 2016, 7:01 IST