Who draw the nine-dash line?

Who draw the nine-dash line?

An article in Time Magazine (July 2016) by Hannah Beech said that the nine-dash line was originally an 11-dash line (from a 1935 Chinese land and water administration map) first drawn by the then Republic of China in December 1947 to justify its claims in the South China Sea.

Why is everyone fighting over the South China Sea?

Claimant states are interested in retaining or acquiring the rights to fishing stocks, the exploration and potential exploitation of crude oil and natural gas in the seabed of various parts of the South China Sea, and the strategic control of important shipping lanes.

Is the nine-dash line illegal?

The 9 Dash Line is Unlawful Therefore, any portion of the 9 dash line that is within another country’s EEZ is unlawful; International law prohibits China from capturing resources and creating islands in other states’ EEZ’s (UNCLOS 43-44).

Why does China want the nine-dash line?

The nine-dash line has been used by China to show the maximum extent of its claim without indicating how the dashes would be joined if it was continuous and how that would affect the extent of the area claimed by China.

When did China claim Spratly?

China claims to have discovered the islands in the Han dynasty in 2 BC. The islands were claimed to have been marked on maps compiled during the time of Eastern Han dynasty and Eastern Wu (one of the Three Kingdoms).

Who controls Paracel?

China, Taiwan, and Vietnam all claim the archipelago. In 1932 French Indochina announced the annexation of the Paracels and established a weather station there.

Where did China get the 9 dash line?

China’s Perspective: In 1935 the Chinese government put out a map titled “Map of Chinese Islands in the South China Sea” this map had eleven dashes on it. In 1949 the Chinese government dropped their claim of the Gulf of Tonkin and the now infamous nine-dash line was created.

What does the nine-dash line mean?

At one end of the spectrum, the line could be read as a maximalist claim to sovereignty and control over all of the features, land, water, and seabed within the area bounded by the nine-dash line. This is indeed what many states fear.

Is China’s ‘nine-dash line’ legal?

Any use of the ‘nine-dash line’ by China to claim maritime rights not based on claimed land features would be inconsistent with international law. The international community would welcome China to clarify or adjust its nine-dash line claim to bring it in accordance with the international law of the sea.”

What is the Nine-Dash Line in the South China Sea?

The PRC inherited from the former Kuomintang government of China the nine-dash line, which draws a line around all of these islands, asserts sovereignty over all of them, and makes ambiguous claims about rights to waters within the line.

Is the Nine-Dash Line a “maximalist claim to sovereignty?

Marina Tsirbas from the Australian National University fears that the nine-dash line is a “maximalist claim to sovereignty and control over all of the features, land, water, and seabed within the area bounded by the nine-dash line. This is indeed what many states fear.”