{"slug": "south-china-sea", "label": "South China Sea", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37660", "qid": "Q37660", "description": "Marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [773, 2020], "span_label": ["773 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philippines", "label": "Philippines", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-nations", "label": "United Nations", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-kingdom", "label": "United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "singapore", "label": "Singapore", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 773, "year_label": "773 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "A large and sudden increase in radiocarbon ( 14 C) occurs around 773, in coral skeletons from the South China Sea (see 774-775 carbon-14 spike).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369635460#Ecology", "title": "773", "revid": 1369635460, "section": "Events › By topic › Ecology"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – The Chinese junk Tek Sing sinks in the South China Sea, drowning more than 1,800 people on board. The wreckage will not be located until 1999.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367154222#January–March", "title": "1822", "revid": 1367154222, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse are sunk by Japanese aircraft in the South China Sea north of Singapore.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#December", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 16", "text": "August 16 – Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones at 21 days, and kill 490.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#August", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – The Philippines wins the arbitration case they filed at the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding the legality of China's \"nine-dash line\" claim over the South China Sea under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#July", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – France, Germany, and the United Kingdom issue a joint note verbale to the United Nations rejecting China's claims to the South China Sea, and supporting the ruling in Philippines v. China that said the historic rights per the nine-dash line ran counter to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. However, the statement says that on \"territorial sovereignty\" they \"take no position\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#September", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › September"}}]}