A Legal Imbroglio in the South China Sea

... and the UN General Assembly or any other permanent member of the United Nations Security Council contest the validity of the 11-dash line unveiled on Dec 1, 1947 by the Republic of China – itself a permanent council member at the time? Without a ... ... seems to have proffered at least de facto recognition over China’s 1947 claims. Many of the contested islands in the South China Sea, namely the Paracels, Pratas and Spratly, were actually reclaimed by the Republic of China’s naval forces ...