The United States will never be able to force China to clarify its controversial nine-dash line because keeping it vague is in Beijing's best interests, says Duowei News, a US-based political news outlet run by overseas Chinese.
Since the start of last year, Washington has renewed its push in denying the legitimacy of the U-shaped nine-dash line, the demarcation used by both Taiwan and China for their claims of the major part of the South China Sea.
Last February, Daniel Russel, US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told a congressional committee that there are "growing concerns" that China's "pattern of behavior in the South China Sea reflects incremental effort...to assert control over the area... despite objections of its neighbors."
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