It is unclear what role the map of the South China Sea plays in the film directed by Greta Gerwig. The movie releases worldwide on July 21 and features Robbie as Barbie, who is cast into the real ...

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A new China map shows the South China Sea with nine-dash line claims under Chinese territory and a new line next to Taiwan are seen on the map, at a bookstore in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 ...

The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander says China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics ...

China's neighbours have "resolutely rejected" the map in what is the latest dispute in a long-running conflict over the South China Sea.

A new China map shows the South China Sea with a dashed line around claimed Chinese territory. A new line next to Taiwan is also seen on the map at a bookstore in Beijing, Sept. 1, 2023.

China's leader Xi Jinping and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the 10th BRICS summit on July 27, 2018, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Unlike most recent Chinese maps that encircle the South China Sea with a “nine-dash line,” the line on the new map has 10 dashes, although China has used the 10-dash line in the past.

While Malaysia does not share a land border with China, it took umbrage at the map's claims to a larger stake in the South China Sea, which it also has a claim to. Read more China's new map claims ...

The map shows a dashed line near where China could be located, which some critics have said resembles the “nine-dash line.” That’s used on some Chinese maps to suggest they control South ...