evidence: The Tsai administration has stated that "the ROC is entitled to all rights over the South China Sea Islands and their relevant waters in accordance with international law and the law of the sea." Two points are important in this formulation. First, the phrase "the law of the sea" is inclusive of both UNCLOS and customary international law. Second, the administration has made its claim more ambiguous by using the formulation "South China Sea Islands," which is a departure from previous governments’ practice of listing the four island groups (the Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands, Macclesfield Bank, and Pratas Islands). This ambiguity opens the door to future adjustments of the claim. One such adjustment might be to bring the claim into better alignment with international law. For example, because Macclesfield Bank is a low-tide elevation, it cannot be separately claimed as the territory of any state. Instead, the Tsai administration has stated that the South China Sea Islands are claimed in accordance with international law.