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Well, that's a lie. It's not from the 19th century, it's from the 20th century. It's not from a treaty, but a statement by the RoC government, and there was no signee, because it's not a treaty.
Specifically, the RoC published a map in 1947 showing 11 dashed lines. Mao then adopted the claim after he took power and changed the map in 9 dashed lines, in 2013 then the PRC added a 10th line near Taiwan. Also the PRC ratified the UNCLOS in 1996, which should make the whole point moot.
It's almost as if it's made up bullshit to justify Chinese imperialism, don't you think?
Source: just look at fucking wikipedia
Hyper focusing on the 11- or 9-dash line is a lie by omission. China's usage of and claims to the area predate the Republic of China too, and are established in multiple treaties signed by the Qing with colonialist powers, which is what I was referring to. Like it or not the PRC is the successor government to the ROC even though the ROC still exists in Taiwan, that's why the PRC eventually took over the UN security council seat, and because of that by precedent the PRC inherits the ROC's territorial claims, who inherited them from the Qing.
1 - I'm not the one hyper focusing on the 9 or 10 or 11 dash line* China is the one hyper focusing
2 - there's no treaty that specifically mentions those territories, which is why China has to resort to a made up map with some unclear made up lines. If there were a real treaty, they'd use that to argue
3 - Even if there were a treaty, the validity would be questionable. Is the treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union regarding the partitioning of Poland still valid? Would a German invasion of Poland be justified by that treaty? Or by Russia?
4 - China has signed UNCLOS, a much more modern and real treaty, with clear laws. They then went to the UNCLOS tribune to plead their case and lost in court.
5 - it's just imperialism. They want to control more territory, so they do
^(* Historical claims may vary depending on current political objectives )
Your definition of imperialism is straight out of the 3rd century BC, comrade.