• palal@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Is the Taiwan Strait international waters or not?

    If it is, this isn’t news. If it isn’t, then this is provocative. It can’t simultaneously be international waters when one country sails warships through and sovereign airspace when another country flies aircraft through.

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      11 months ago

      I mean if U.S. park 10 warship right next to Chinese border, in the international water. China also would complain.

      China would also react the same if Japan have military drill (assuming they can) next to China northeast border, even if it is in international water.

      The tension would only be more severe when this happens between Taiwan and China.

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      11 months ago

      It depends on the activity. Sailing through some ships is wholly different from, for example, staging a mock attack with 100 warships and troop transports.