The cartographer's mark was first drawn on official maps 80 years ago but has been the subject of numerous interpretations The South China Sea ... to historic rights within the nine-dash line ...

First the dotted line on Chinese maps ... ruled that the now nine-dash demarcation could not be used by Beijing to make historic claims to the South China Sea, parts of which are claimed by ...

The authoritative statement of the Chinese government, released in direct response to the arbitration, strongly implied that China does not in fact claim historic rights over the whole area of the ...

“China never claimed that the whole of the South China Sea belongs to China,” Wang said during a press conference. “The Philippine side accuses China of claiming all waters inside the dotted line as ...

This selective outrage is justifiably ignored, given China’s unwillingness to abide by international law and disregard for U.N. arbitration concerning demarcation in the South China Sea.