The nine-dash line, also referred to as the eleven-dash line by Taiwan, is a set of line segments on various maps that accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China (PRC, …

Jul 19, 2016 · China's territorial claims in the South China Sea are made on the basis of a nine-dash line. What are its origins? Is its claim to the South China Sea fact or fiction?

Jul 7, 2016 · The dashed line was first shown in 1947 on a map entitled “Map of South China Sea Islands” published by the government of the Republic of China. With 11 dashes at the time, it …

Feb 17, 2024 · Indonesia and Vietnam in December 2022, announced the finalised boundaries with overlapping Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claims to the Natuna Islands in the South …

Jul 16, 2015 · In 1957, they even signed a secret agreement ceding Bailongwei island in China's archipelago to the Hanoi government. That is how the 11-dash line became the nine-dash line.

Jun 2, 2016 · China could clarify what the nine-dash line means — and reduce tensions — without giving away any of its territorial claims. China has not precisely articulated – in terms …

Oct 3, 2018 · On December 1, 1947, the Republic of China, which controlled most of mainland China at the time, published a map of China that detailed their claims over the South China …

Jul 28, 2020 · This dotted line was adopted from Chinese maps in the 1940s, and represents Beijing’s claim over the sea and all the land features that are contained within the line. Here is …

Jul 12, 2016 · At the heart of the South China Sea dispute is the “nine-dash line”, Beijing’s claim that encircles as much as 90 per cent of the ­contested waters. The line runs as far as 2,000km …

Jun 28, 2019 · Beijing vaguely lays claim to these waters under its notorious “nine-dash line,” previously “the 11-dash line” and also referred to as the “ten-dash line,” the “U-shaped line,” …