evidence: Spratly islands is a group of Islands, reefs, islets and cays in the South China Sea or West Philippines Sea which is being claimed by Asian countries namely the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and People’s Republic of China. [...] According to reports, Philippines has the strongest claim of Spratly since it is geographically part of the Philippine archipelago and it’s just 100 kilometers away from Palawan Island. It means that it is much closer to the Philippines than any other countries. [...] According to 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Spratly Islands lie within the Philippines’ 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.