Talk:East China Sea

東中國海 or 中國東海?

Frankly I have never heard of the former. A google test gives more hits for the latter. — Instantnood 22:50, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

Good point! I was sheepishly going with what was there in a previous version. The latter is definitely more common, but the short form 東海 is often enough. --MarkSweep 00:12, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Agreed~ So should we change the name? (for Chinese only, as for Korean I really have no idea) --Hunter 00:13, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

I already changed the Chinese portion of the table. Don't know about Korean. --MarkSweep 00:22, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

East Sea ⇒ Sea of Japan redirection

It has been proposed that East Sea should redirect to the Sea of Japan page, instead of the current East Sea (disambiguation) page. As concensus will determine this, please discuss it here in Talk:Sea of Japan#East Sea diambiguation page. Thank you.

Note: Wikipedia:Disambiguation policy mandates that if there is risk of confusion, East Sea should redirect to a disambiguation page first.--Endroit 10:27, 5 February 2006 (UTC) Where does it show the depth?

Vietnam's official name for the South China Sea is "East Sea", so it cannot be redirected to Sea of Japan.Phead128 (talk) 23:41, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

In Korea, East China Sea is 동지나해

In Korea, Korean don't say it is Korean South Sea generally. Of course, area round Ryuku and the east coast of Shanghai is included and called as "동지나해". But not this article(2007/Feb/19) is saying "In Korean, sometime" call it as "남해". In my opinion, description should be like this: East China sea is facing Korea's 'South Sea'(남해,Nam Hae) at northside and continue to Yellow Sea. --61.82.88.1 07:46, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Additional information regarding China - Japan conflict in East China Sea

The article could also include additional background on these EEZ disputes between China and Japan in relation to undersea oil reserves as well; it would appear these have been in dispute for decades. Also perhaps include commentary on recent attempts at conciliation, late 2007,with talks planned between the Chinese Premier and Japanese Prime Minister over these issues.Shaz08 (talk) 03:12, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

East China Sea is East Sea

East China Sea should be called "East Sea" as it is known in China. Or map should say East China Sea (East Sea). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.176.214.225 (talk) 10:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Vietnam's official name for the South China Sea is "East Sea" and Korea's official name for the Sea of Japan is the "East Sea", so it's better to specifically say "East China Sea". Plus, you cannot put it in paratheses unless the name is disputed by multiple nations according to IHO.Phead128 (talk) 23:43, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Map

There's been a bit of an edit war recently regarding which map we should use in this article. The majority view seems to be that the png version is inappropriate because it contains a typographical error ("S.korea" not "S. Korea"). However, the alternative jpg version isn't that good either as it doesn't include the northern part of the Yellow Sea, which is arguably an extension of the East China Sea. Personally, I prefer the style of the png, so if the wording were fixed, then I would happily see it reinstated here. I can probably do this, but I thought I'd see what other people thought first. Are there any other alternative maps that we could use? Bazonka (talk) 07:12, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

The spelling of Korea is an issue, but it is not the only one. Why are only 3 countries labeled in the png? The png shows a lot of China, Japan, and the Philippine Sea relative to the ECS. The Yellow Sea is not part of the East China Sea. It might be nice to include all of the Yellow Sea, but it is not a requirement.

The jpg has more details (such as Ryukyus), but misses some big context labels such as Japan and S Korea. It also has an odd projection.

Both maps suggest that the Taiwan Straits could be in the ECS.

I think neither map is great, but I prefer the the jpg because it has more details called out.

A map showing the boundaries and labeling the significant landmarks of the boundary would be better.

Glrx (talk) 18:34, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Sea of Korea not a common name

A 1723 French map describing the Sea of Japan as Mer de Coree (Sea of Korea).

Please see Sea of Japan naming dispute where hundreds of old maps use Sea of Korea for the Sea of Japan. The National Geographic Information Institute of Korea found only 31 of 400 maps that used Sea of Korea for East China Sea. Japan found that 49 out of 83 18th-century French maps used Sea of Korea for the Sea of Japan. For the 19th-century, 6 French maps used Sea of Korea for the Sea of Japan (most (206) 19th-century French maps used the now common Sea of Japan). One cannot look at a map, see a name used on that map for a geographic feature, and then state in WP's voice that it was the common name of the feature used by X during that period. Glrx (talk) 18:09, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

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South (and/or North) Korea

Here, I've removed an assertion that South Korea borders the East China Sea which appeared in this January 16, 2016 edit. That is incorrect as I read the accompanying map, the Extent section of the article, and the source cited in that article body section. Also, a mention here of North Korea would be similarly incorrect. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 13:30, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Extent. Korea Strait.

I can’t tell from this (or the other wiki articles) if the Korea Strait is in the East China Sea, or the Sea of Japan... or both.

There’s no Nomo Saki in my Google Maps. And no latitude lines display.

MBG02 (talk) 00:38, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

The Strait article says, "A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water." According to Encyclopædia Britannica Online, it is in neither, but extends "northeast from the East China Sea to the Sea of Japan (East Sea) between the south coast of the Korean peninsula (northwest) and the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu.([1]) Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 11:39, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

A removed line about islands

I wasn't sure if this edit should stand, I've left it as the editor is acting in good faith but someone more familiar with this article should confirm. —siroχo 07:06, 22 June 2023 (UTC)