POS 468 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: East China Sea, Salami Slicing, Headbutt
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The role xi jinxing hopes china plays in the world. To backup china"s claim of south china sea & east china sea. Trying to demonstrate maritime is sufficient to handle scs. Under un law of sea - cannot make claims based on historical right. Us says china does not claim territorially, but is worried about freedom of navigation, settling disputes peacefully, & international law - law of the sea. Doesn"t want to share exploitation of international seas. Refusing other country"s fishing boats to come into waters. Jan 2014 - all foreign fishing vessels must have permission from china before fishing in south china sea. Vietnam & phillipines - not going to do it. China deployed huge oil rig in middle of 2014 in area both vietnam. Chinese boats rammed vietnamese boats (1 sunk, fisherman rescued by coast guard) Philippines filed against china - no china formal response.