The vast expanse that remains of the waters within the nine-dash line is not claimed by Beijing as its territorial ... with the 1983 version only 4.8 per cent larger than its 1947 counterpart.

China is retaliating in a determined and at times highly detailed manner to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, with a ...

Police in commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City are investigating Chagee about a map on its website showing the "nine-dash line" marking Beijing's claims in the South China Sea. The city's Department of ...

And more broad requests to tell AFP about the Chinese leadership are met with Beijing's standard line. The Chinese leadership, DeepSeek said, have been "instrumental in China's rapid rise" and in ...