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 ...

MANILA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): There will be no nine-dash line in the South China Sea ... country in the South China Sea territorial dispute. Vietnam last week decided to ban ...

This 2023 map was different to a narrower version submitted by China to the United Nations in 2009 of the South China Sea ...