The map is the story: the U-shaped line in western news media coverage of the geopolitics of the South China SeaGeopoliticscartographynews-mediaChina's claim to a large part of the South China Sea (SCS) is indicated by a specific cartographic convention, the U-shaped (or dashed) line, ...
Republic of China (Taiwan); Vietnam. Source: Revised by author based on the map drawn by the US Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC in 1995. The islands in the South China Sea are important for strategic and political reasons, because ownership claims to them can be used to bolster...
It is, as such, not a government statement, but it’s very detailed, takes into account the Tribunal ruling, and could end up being close to the interpretation the PRC goes forward with in the wake of the ruling. This interpretation can be summarized as follows. The nine-dash line is ...
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China's claim to a large part of the South China Sea (SCS) is indicated by a specific cartographic convention, the U-shaped (or dashed) line, shown on its official maps. The line has become an important element in Western popular discourse concerning the geopolitics of the SCS. This paper...
Malaysia and several other Southeast Asian countries have rejected the map. Anwar said Li was "clear and categorical" in saying that China would continue to negotiate and not "exercise any action that would explode or cause dissension with our colleagues, our friends in ...
Philippines Deploys Vessels to Monitor 'Illegal' Presence of Chinese Boats in South China Sea More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A Philippine Coast Guard personnel looks through a binocular while conducting a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in ...
The two South China Sea claimants have protested the inclusion of a map including the nine-dash line representing China’s “territory” in the disputed sea, India disputes the maps’ depiction of Arunachal Pradesh as part of Tibet, and the passports’ pictures of Taiwan landmarks prompted rar...
This prompted a detailed hydrocarbon prospectivity study in the Dangerous Grounds area. Download: Download high-res image (2MB) Download: Download full-size image Fig. 1. Topographic map of the South China Sea, showing the major structural elements and basins (modified after L. Li et al., ...
BehindtheDottedLineontheChineseMapoftheSouthChinaSea Professor Li Jinming traces the origin of the dotted line, and safely affirms its legal status as defining Chinese ownership (sovereignty) over the enclosed islands, isles, reefs and atolls. Meanwhile, he also disapproves other rationale......