China's Claims to South China Sea Increasingly Challenged

China’s ambiguous claim to the South China Sea, approximately demarcated by a series of hash marks known as the “nine-dashed line,” faced objections from an expanding number of parties over the past two weeks. While a challenge from the United States came from an unsurprising source, actions by Indonesia and Vietnam were unexpected in their tone and timing.

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heh.  All the claimants other than China ought to sell their claims to the Spratley Islands to the US.