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>> Part 1 >> Part 2 Reaction from International Community Even when China circulated internally the map with U-shaped line, other South China Sea countries have already indirectly rejected it when they officially and publicly announced their maritime claims, adopted a number of legal documents, issued statements, signed maritime delimitation agreements with others and conducted … Continue reading
>> Part 1 Evolution of China’s Official Position In 2009, China introduced the map with U-shaped line to international community officially for the first time. Before that, although China circulated internally maps with the line, the country did not mention it as a claim in communication with other countries. Its claims in the South China … Continue reading
China (and Taiwan) has circulated the map of South China Sea with the U-shaped line (or nine-dotted line) in different internal documents and publications since 1948. However, it was not until 2009 that, for the first time, the People’s Republic of China included it in an official international document, namely in the Note Verbal sent … Continue reading
Being the most powerful State among the claimant countries, China has the decisive voice over the South China Sea dispute. China and ASEAN have reached the Declaration of the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea DOC) in 2002 when Beijing took a supple standpoint concerning the South China Sea dispute. However, from 2007 … Continue reading
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