u/Ok-Cupcake2884 - originally from r/GenZhou
Hello,

i was reading another post on this sub who asked about the 9-dash line.

So it made think of another question. Without debating about if china’s claim are legitimate or no, which is not the point of my post, i was wondering why is the CPC so unwilling to negotiate this claims with the other countries?

I mean, i think if China renounces some of this claims it could be a huge boost to relations with let’s say Vietnam or Malaysia for example and maybe there could be some trade deal in exchange. IIRC china in the past already settled border disputes by ceding some territories so this does have a precedent.

So i was wondering what does this islands have that is so valuable?

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    u/WikiSummarizerBot - originally from r/GenZhou
    First island chain

    The first island chain refers to the first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. It is principally composed of the Kuril Islands, the Japanese Archipelago, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan (Formosa), the northern Philippines, and Borneo, hence extending all the way from the Kamchatka Peninsula in the northeast to the Malay Peninsula in the southwest. Some definitions of the first island chain anchor the northern end on the Russian Far East coast north of Sakhalin Island, with Sakhalin Island being the first link in the chain. However, others consider the Aleutians as the farthest north-eastern first link in the chain.

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