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Expansive Claims: China claims nearly the entire South China Sea, using the “nine-dash line” to demarcate its territory, a claim that has been widely disputed by other countries and rejected by the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling. Despite this, China has continued to assert its claims based on historical rights, ignoring international law as set out by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)​ RAND Analysis In a dramatic escalation of tensions in the South China Sea, Chinese coast guard vessels fired water cannons and engaged in aggressive maneuvers against a Philippine fisheries boat on…

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