The same can be said for China’s growing stridency with respect to its claims in the South China Sea. In 2009, relying heavily on a dubious historical claim, China formally tabled its “nine-dotted line” map to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, and has since referred to almost all of the South China Sea as being under its “indisputable sovereignty.”
中国对南海领土要求日趋强硬也遵循同样的理由。2009年，中国首次基于值得怀疑的历史陈述正式画出了标明大陆架界线的“九虚线”图并呈递给联合国委员会，并自此提出对南海几乎全部海域拥有“无可争辩的主权”。