While the term "nine-dash line" - jiu duan xian in Chinese - is widely used outside China for the cartographic marker, it is officially referred to in Beijing as "the dotted line" or duan xu xian.

BEIJING: At the heart of the South China Sea dispute is the “nine-dash line”, Beijing’s claim that encircles as much as 90% of the ­contested waters. The line runs as far as 2,000km from ...

MANILA, Philippines — Even artificial intelligence (AI) acknowledges that the so-called nine-dash-line claim of China in the South China Sea is “invalid,” according to an AI tool created by ...

Xue Li of CASS explains the nine-dash line, China's South China Sea policy, and what comes after the arbitration ruling. The current understanding of "historic rights" in the South China Sea in ...

Many Vietnamese viewers strongly protested when they saw the clip displaying the illicit ‘nine-dash line' during the contest’s final round on Sunday ...

Popular Chinese tea chain Chagee is in trouble after its mobile app allegedly showed a map with Beijing’s disputed nine-dash line claim over the South China Sea. For some people, the move is an insult ...

The first shop of the Chagee milk tea brand in Vietnam is being built at the intersection of Dong Khoi and Nguyen Thiep Streets in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Hien / Tuoi Tre Chagee, a ...

As relations between Manila and Washington rapidly improve, Beijing is upping the intensity in disputed parts of the South China Sea. The Supreme Court ruled that the Joint Marine Seismic ...