In South China Sea, China claims most of the South China Sea as either territorial water or Exclusive Economic Zone. However, each of the littoral states claims areas that are immediately contiguous to their territorial seas, and it would be possible to "split the difference" on competing claims. But China claims the entirety of the South China Sea, so there is no possibility of compromise with China's position, since it is all or nothing.
However, China trying to befriend with ASEAN countries and trying to fix the problem because China not only want this territorial water but also take advantage of economic owing to in this area’s importance are the large results of the world’s shipping through the sea and it’s also held huge natural resources beneath its seabed.