The Origins of South China Sea’s Claim
Organized by the UP Asian Center and co-sponsored by the UP Third World Studies Center, this lecture is the first of two lectures by Bill Hayton of the BBC, “Cartography and Psychological Warfare: China and the South China Sea” held last 25 April 2014 (Friday) 10:00AM – 4:00PM.
This lecture, in particular, broadly describes the story of how, between 1909 and 1947, the U-shaped line came into being and was drawn and redrawn by different cartographers; how translation errors from British maps created misunderstandings; how the Beijing government didn’t know where the Spratlys were in 1933; and how the ‘Nansha’ moved around the sea.
The Origins of South China Sea’s Claim
Organized by the UP Asian Center and co-sponsored by the UP Third World Studies Center, this lecture is the first of two lectures by Bill Hayton of the BBC, “Cartography and Psychological Warfare: China and the South China Sea” held last 25 April 2014 (Friday) 10:00AM – 4:00PM.
This lecture, in particular, broadly describes the story of how, between 1909 and 1947, the U-shaped line came into being and was drawn and redrawn by different cartographers; how translation errors from British maps created misunderstandings; how the Beijing government didn’t know where the Spratlys were in 1933; and how the ‘Nansha’ moved around the sea.