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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsState Dept gift shop sells souvenir globes that feature China's "Nine-Dash Line"
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Max Luken @MaxLuken
I regrettably just confirmed that, yes, the globes being sold in the State Department gift shop feature China's nine-dashed line... #facepalm 🇺🇸😑🌏🇨🇳
4:00 PM - Mar 4, 2020
Made in China?
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State Dept gift shop sells souvenir globes that feature China's "Nine-Dash Line" (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
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RockRaven
(14,984 posts)1. With Trump and Pompeo, one cannot rule out that this is intentional
That is the level of bribery and betrayal their previous behavior indicates is to be expected...
AJT
(5,240 posts)2. I have no idea what this nine dash line is.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)3. China's self-declared territory line
It violates the Philippines and Vietnam sovereignty under international law.
struggle4progress
(118,320 posts)4. China's ever-expanding claim to the South China Sea
Frasier Balzov
(2,663 posts)5. Almost certainly manufactured in China.