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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From January 9 to 12, high-level meetings between ... can reiterate our positions in regards to the South China Sea and nine-dash line, that we do not have any overlapping claim and do not ...

China claims upward of 90 percent of the South China Sea within its "10-dashed line" map. The monthlong deployment brings the long-running territorial dispute with China, typically centered on ...