
China and Vietnam claim the whole South China Sea (SCS), while the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei claim parts of it. China illustrates its SCS claim with the controversial nine-dash line map. This chapter verifies if China’s claim has basis according to the international norm and free from expansionist ambition; otherwise, it cannot be said defensive realist state.
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