A Legal Imbroglio in the South China Sea
... 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... ... 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... ... 1957. Beijing’s maritime claims were in fact tempered by Zhou Enlai’s new 9-dash line during this period. Again, there seems to be scarcity of UN debates, protests...
06.06.2016