Nine Dash Line: Deciphering the South China Sea ConundrumThis book examines China's behaviour in the SCS from multiple perspectives like history, environment, law, trade, security, and its relations with Southeast Asian countries that have their own EEZ claims in the SCS....
Speaking to CNN in an interview broadcast on Saturday, Anwar said Chinese Premier Li Qiang gave him the assurance after Beijing released a map with a "10-dash line" last month that appeared to expand its claims in the disputed waters. Malaysia and several other South...
The nine-dash line mentioned here is also called the South China Sea dotted line, the traditional maritime boundary line, the U-shaped line, etc, all referring to the maritime delimitation line set by the Chinese government in 1947 and made officially public the following year. A U-shaped ch...
China bases its maritime claim on centuries of history, when the Paracel and Spratly island chains were part of the country. China regards the so-called “nine dash line,” which extends more than a thousand miles from the Chinese coast in places and to within a few hundred miles of other...
The prevailing basis for China’s historic claims to the SCS (South China Sea) is the U-shaped line (also called nine-dotted line, or nine-dash line) officially drawn on the Chinese map in 1947 by the then–Chinese Nationalist Government, which was originally an "eleven-dotted-line" . ...
BANGKOK--China has been at odds with many other countries in the Asia-Pacific for years over its sweeping maritime claims, including almost all of the South China Sea, a strategic and resource-rich waterway around which Beijing has drawn a 10-dash-line on official maps to delineate what it...
The United States and other countries have intervened in the South China Sea issue; using the so-called freedom of navigation in the South China Sea to deny the nine-dashed line to disregard China’s territorial rights. --A brief look at the South China Sea arbitration case ...
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Beijing Raising the Ante in the Natunas: The Next Flash Point in the South China Sea? China's nine-dash line or U-shape line claim in the South China Sea overlaps with Indonesia's 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone (EEZ). There have been several instances where Jakarta and China...
Beijing’s territorial claims, known as the nine-dash line – owing to the markings printed on Chinese maps of the region – are by far the largest and encompass almost the entirety of the sea, from Hainan Island down to the top of Indonesia. China’s claims have no basis under internati...