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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Malaysia has rejected the latest edition of the ‘standard map of China’ that lays claim to almost the entire South China Sea, including areas lying off the coast of Malaysian Borneo.

Tensions have been rising in the strategically important waters as China has become increasingly assertive in its claim despite a 2016 international court ruling that its so-called ‘nine-dash line’ was without merit and superseded by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

In recent years, it has built military outposts on rocky outcrops and deployed its coast guard and maritime militia, which has sometimes led to confrontations with other claimants, including Malaysia and the Philippines. Vietnam, Brunei and Taiwan also have claims to the sea.

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[-] electriccars@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago
[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good eye. China added an extra dash to extend its claim to Taiwan.

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