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.

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 ...

Discarding its “U-shaped line” claim could help Taiwan boost its international image and create distance between itself and Beijing. Vietnamese, Chinese, and Filipinos spar online after the ...