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China’s South China Sea claims: a  20th-century invention rooted in nationalism and cartographic errors

By Lisa Peryman for Probe International China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which encompass roughly 90% of the strategic waterway via the so-called nine-dash line, rest on a surprisingly modern and error-prone foundation rather than ancient, unbroken sovereignty, according to seasoned analyst and author Bill Hayton. In a recent lecture examining the modern origins of these “historic” […]

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Leaked directive reveals the CCP’s desperate strategy to survive the trade war: Heng He

The recent leak of a Chinese Communist Party directive has revealed a regime in crisis. American Thought Leaders in conversation with China analyst Heng He. By Lisa Peryman for Probe International In the wake of U.S. tariffs on the world’s largest export economy, leader Xi Jinping looks to revive Maoist dogma, as he gambles on […]