The Evolvement of the State Maritime Boundary in South China Sea By Maps: China’s Nine-dotted Maritime Boundary Line in South China Sea
Received date: 2012-03-12
Request revised date: 2012-05-09
Online published: 2012-09-20
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Many islets and reefs in South China Sea are main parts of China. The nine-dotted line is China’s maritime boundary line. To study the formation and evolvement of the nine-dotted line is not only a matter of maritime geopolitics, but also a matter of maintain sovereignty, protection of islets and reefs and resources management. How the nine-dotted line came into being is an academic topic that has not been studied much. Map is one of the means by which a country claims its territory. Besides demonstration in words, map-reading is used in this article to study the formation and evolvement of the nine dash lines to deline the South China Sea. The whole formation process is divided into three phases, namely the initial phase, taking-shape phase, and the final phase. Time before the 1930s witnessed the appearance of the maritime boundary line in South China Sea. The boundary line took shape in the 1930s, and its evolvement came to the final stage in the 1940s-1950s. The original continuous line demarcation and the dotted line demarcation in this sea area can all be found on maps in that period. The maps clearly showes how the eleven-dotted line demarcation changes to the current nine-dotted line demarcation. With the formation and evolvement of the nine-dotted line clarified, the historical fact could be confirmed that China has sovereignty over the islets and reefs within the line. The nine-dotted line is the final maritime boundary line of China.
ZHANG Yao-guang , LIU Kai , LIU Gui-chun . The Evolvement of the State Maritime Boundary in South China Sea By Maps: China’s Nine-dotted Maritime Boundary Line in South China Sea[J]. SCIENTIA GEOGRAPHICA SINICA, 2012 , 32(9) : 1033 -1040 . DOI: 10.13249/j.cnki.sgs.2012.09.1033
上都可以查证,还用双线方格图例表示“万里石塘”为广东省属内府级政区单位。明、清时代,中国政府已明确将西沙群岛和南沙群岛划归广东省琼洲府管辖[13,14]。The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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