and all states engaged in them draw lines on maps to indicate what they believe is theirs. Indeed, the original U-shaped line, first drawn by the government of the Republic of China in 1946 on a ...

cartoon drawing of the world. The map shows a dashed line near where China could be located, which some critics have said resembles the “nine-dash line.” That’s used on some Chinese maps to ...

China’s new map could worsen clashes in the area ... whose line is made up of eight dashes — as a “child-like crayon drawing” and said it was not intended as a political statement.

A Newsweek map highlights these emerging links ... its activities elsewhere are also drawing scrutiny. In March 2024, China announced new territorial baselines in the Gulf of Tonkin, prompting ...