China's Maritime Boundaries in the South China Sea: Historical and International Law Perspectives

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Part I Introduction
	1	Geographical overview of China’s maritime boundaries in the South China Sea
Part II Chinese historical records of the South China Sea
	2	The South China Sea in Song-Yuan-Ming-Qing China
	3	Shitang and Changsha within China’s maritime boundaries in the South China Sea
	4	South China Sea in the Measurements of the Four Seas of the Yuan Dynasty
	5	Why are Hoang Sa and Truong Sa of Vietnam not Xisha and Nansha of China? some evidence from historical sources
	6	China’s development and administration of Xisha and Nansha Islands
Part III Controversy over the dotted line
	7	China’s dotted line in the South China Sea: its background and ramifications
	8	Legal status of the dotted line in the South China Sea: historic waters, territory boundary line or an Island ownership line?
	9	A critical review of research on the legal status of the dotted line in the South China Sea
Part IV Mixed reactions to new developments in contested waters
	10	China’s struggle for sovereignty over Xisha and Nansha Islands before and after the Second Sino-Japanese War
	11	China’s dispute with the Philippines over the Nansha Islands: an international law perspective
	12	Sino-French border demarcation disputes and maritime boundary delimitation in the Gulf of Tonkin
	13	UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the South China Sea disputes
	14	Latest developments in the South China Sea and China’s responses
	15	Current situation in the South China Sea and Vietnamese policy
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