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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, "mainland China") and the Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan") in the South China Sea. [1]
19 lip 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?
5 wrz 2024 · The U-shaped nine-dash line that outlines China’s claims in the South China Sea is a long-standing bone of contention among the other claimants over the vast waterway and has been open to...
10 lut 2023 · The nine-dash line is partly the result of a cartographic mistake. Chinese officials had little interest in, or knowledge of, the South China Sea before the 20th century. But after a...
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24 paź 2023 · Beijing claims Second Thomas Shoal and almost the entire sea on the basis of its so-called “nine-dash line”, which it again featured in a new version of its national map earlier this year.
The South China Sea has generally been a calm area of sea since ancient times. Until the late twentieth century, it had provided a fertile fishing ground for local fishermen from China and other littoral states, and a smooth route of navigation for the nations of the region and the rest of the international community.
7 lip 2023 · The line comprises nine dashes which extends hundreds of miles south and east from its most southerly province of Hainan. Getty Images. A map issued by Beijing shows the two island groups...
