其次，中国应当放弃其“九段线”理论，中国不仅以此为基础对周围土地提出主权要求，而且还主张并不明确的“历史水域”或“中国民众的传统渔场。
Second, China would have to abandon its “nine-dash line” as a basis not only for sovereignty claims relating to land features bounded by it, but also for claims to ill-defined “historical waters” or “traditional Chinese fishing grounds.”