The Philippines is extending a cautious hand to China for cooperation in "non-sensitive areas," even as it vows to uphold the ...

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.

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 several ...

Today marks the ninth anniversary of the landmark arbitral award that decisively invalidated China’s baseless nine-dash line ...

Nine years after the arbitral ruling on the West Philippine Sea, the U.S. urged China to honor the 2016 decision and end its ...

The United States has renewed its call for China to comply with the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling that invalidated Beijing’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea, marking the ...

As far as China is concerned, its claim to the South China Sea can be traced back centuries and is embodied in the nine-dash line. Voyages through the South China Sea can be dated back to the ...

Since the late 1940s, China has promoted the so-called nine-dash line in the South China Sea. The line, also known as the "U-shaped line" or "cow's tongue", comprises nine dashes.

The controversial “nine-dash line” represents China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which Vietnam disputes. The U-shaped line was also repudiated in an international arbitration ...

The U-shaped "nine-dash line" is used on Chinese maps to illustrate its claims over vast areas of the South China Sea, including swathes of what Vietnam considers its continental shelf, where it ...

Ningbo city customs authorities said the two batches of “problematic maps”, numbering 23,500 in all, omitted the nine-dash line covering Beijing’s vast claims in the South China Sea that ...

Since the late 1940s, China has promoted the so-called nine-dash line in the South China Sea. The line, also known as the “U-shaped line” or “cow’s tongue”, comprises nine dashes.