This area includes much of China’s nine-dash line claims, encompassing the Paracel, Spratly and Zhongsha Islands and commonly ...

rocks and artificial islands in the Scarborough Shoal and Spratly Island group. The Hague-based tribunal will decide on the 2013 case that challenges the so-called nine-dash line that China uses ...

Canada's navy encountered a Chinese "monster ship," which is the largest coast guard vessel in the world, during a patrol ...

The Philippines claims that China’s nine-dash line encroaches on its 200 nautical ... feature in the Spratlys could be legally considered islands because they lack the ability to sustain human ...

BEIJING, China - The United States destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) has exercised navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea near the disputed Spratly Islands, in accordance with ...

The contentious map shows the "nine-dash line", which China uses to show its ... while the Philippines invokes its proximity to some of the islands, which have long been populated by Filipinos.

This area includes much of China’s nine-dash line claims, encompassing the Paracel, Spratly and Zhongsha Islands and commonly understood to cover Scarborough Shoal and Macclesfield Bank. According to ...