It should really come as no surprise to anyone that China is using lawfare to expand it's own territory. While doing so, they are also hoping to circumnavigate valid criticism against their nine-dash line policy.
A closer examination of the idea of ‘four sha’ in the South China Sea, will reveal that China is waging the same old lawfare.
Saifuddin Abdullah, Malaysian foreign minister, recently claimed that China is shifting its legal theory from ‘nine-dash line’ to ‘four sha’ in ...