evidence: This system of straight baselines is extensive and applies not only to Taiwan’s main islands but also Pratas Island and the Macclesfied Bank. A comprehensive and critical analysis of this claim is provided by the US Deparment of State. See US Department of State, Taiwan’s Maritime Claims, Limits in the Seas No. 127 (Nov. 15, 2005), available athttp://www.state.gov/documents/organization/57674.pdf (last visited on Sept. 30, 2013).