The U-shaped line label was broadly used in the international arena until 2009, when Beijing submitted a map of its claimed territory in the South China Sea to the UN. The "nine-dash line ...

As Jakarta deepens military and coastguard cooperation while rejecting Beijing's sweeping claims, can it maintain a precarious equilibrium? Indonesia is walking a fine line between bolstering ties ...

BEIJING: At the heart of the South China Sea dispute is the “nine-dash line”, Beijing’s claim that encircles as much as 90% of the ­contested waters. The line runs as far as 2,000km from ...

WASHINGTON - The Hague rules that China's "nine-dash line" in South China Sea has no legal basis. Territorial claims from Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines, Taiwan, and China make the ...

Xue Li of CASS explains the nine-dash line, China's South China Sea policy, and what comes after the arbitration ruling. The current understanding of "historic rights" in the South China Sea in ...

China's coast guard continues its weeklong presence near the Philippines' Zambales Province in what one analyst calls "a new ...

China and Indonesia recognise that they have overlapping claims in the South China Sea. However, this should not be construed as Indonesia’s acknowledging the legitimacy of the… Why the Philippines ...

Beijing claims most of the South China Sea as its territory, within its dashed line, a unilaterally imposed demarcation that stretches into the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of several neighbors.

The growing maritime partnership between India and Indonesia reflects a broader regional alignment to counter increasing Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea.