China’s nine‑dash line

• Inventor of China’s nine-dash line

  30 July 2020

  2016 Arbitral Award, China CCP legacy, China’s nine‑dash line, Crosscurrents, Historical Rights, international dispute, Justice Carpio, Kuomintang map 1947, Maritime Law, nine‑dash line origins, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines sovereignty, South China Sea claim, UNCLOS, West Philippine Sea

  Justice Carpio explains how the nine‑dash line originated with a 1947 Kuomintang map claiming islands and their territorial seas, how Communist China later adopted and expanded it into a sweeping historical claim, and why this expansion is inconsistent with UNCLOS and was invalidated by the 2016 Arbitral Award.

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