South China Sea: Beijing vows to prosecute 'trespassers'
Source: CNN
Hong Kong (CNN)China has sent a clear warning to foreigners who enter contested areas of the South China Sea -- stay away or you'll be prosecuted.
The warning came in a detailed explanation of last month's Hague ruling, which found that China's territorial claims in region have "no legal basis" under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.
China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including islands more than 800 miles (1,200 kilometers) from the Chinese mainland, despite objections from neighbors including the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam.
On Tuesday, the Chinese Supreme People's Court issued a regulation on judicial interpretation saying there was a "clear legal basis for China to safeguard maritime order, marine safety and interests, and to exercise integrated management over the country's jurisdictional seas."
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/asia/south-china-sea-supreme-court/
Nitram
(22,890 posts)They are signatories to the Law of the Sea and are legally bound to honor the court's rulings. China is not very smart to push so many nations towards the U.S. and away from them. They are over-playing their hand and losing badly in the court of international opinion.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Christ, living around Chinese people for 10 years, they are anything if not predictable.
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)it appears everyone involved is making bold claims, not just China.
At any rate, I'll become VERY concerned, when China invades and destroys a country thousands of miles away, on a pretext of lies and conspiracies, or decides to declare global perpetual war.
TipTok
(2,474 posts)Throd
(7,208 posts)I think there's an American behind that tree.
"Look over there", not at our glaring double standard, hypocrisy and moral illegitimacy.
Lol.
Throd
(7,208 posts)ronnie624
(5,764 posts)I have no say in the matter.
Presumably, I am also free to point out the lack of credibility, in Americans pointing at the infractions of others, when their own are FAR, FAR worse.