"Since Time Immemorial": China's Historical Claim in the South China Sea

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dc.contributor.advisorWright, David
dc.contributor.advisorFerris, John
dc.contributor.authorChung, Chris Pak Cheong
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-13T18:22:49Z
dc.date.available2013-11-12T08:00:10Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-13
dc.date.submitted2013en
dc.description.abstractFour archipelagos in the South China Sea are territorially disputed: the Paracel, Spratly, and Pratas Islands, and Macclesfield Bank. The People’s Republic of China and Republic of China’s claims are embodied by a nine-dashed U-shaped boundary line originally drawn in an official Chinese map in 1948, which encompasses most of the South China Sea. Neither side has clarified what the line represents. Using ancient Chinese maps and texts, archival documents, relevant treaties, declarations, and laws, this thesis will conclude that it is best characterized as an islands attribution line, which centres the claim simply on the islands and features themselves. It does not delineate a historic rights waters zone, which confer certain exploitation and regulation privileges over all of the waters the line contains on the basis of historic Chinese dominance. The period of time examined is from 1644 to 2013; from the Qing Dynasty to the present.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChung, C. P. (2013). "Since Time Immemorial": China's Historical Claim in the South China Sea (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27791en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27791
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/955
dc.language.isoeng
dc.language.isochi
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectAsia, Australia, and Oceania
dc.subjectInternational Law and
dc.subject.classificationChinaen_US
dc.subject.classificationSouth China Seaen_US
dc.subject.classificationU shape lineen_US
dc.subject.classificationTerritorial disputeen_US
dc.subject.classificationSpratlyen_US
dc.subject.classificationParacelen_US
dc.subject.classificationMacclesfield Banken_US
dc.subject.classificationPratasen_US
dc.subject.classificationIslanden_US
dc.subject.classificationNine dash lineen_US
dc.subject.classificationRepublic of Chinaen_US
dc.subject.classificationPeople's Republic of Chinaen_US
dc.subject.classificationROCen_US
dc.subject.classificationPRCen_US
dc.subject.classificationUnited Nations Convention of the Law of the Seaen_US
dc.subject.classificationUNCLOSen_US
dc.subject.classificationMaritimeen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistoryen_US
dc.subject.classificationQingen_US
dc.subject.classificationGuang dong hai fang hui lanen_US
dc.subject.classificationSovereigntyen_US
dc.subject.classification1947en_US
dc.title"Since Time Immemorial": China's Historical Claim in the South China Sea
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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