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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's either international waters or it isn't.

If it's international waters, then this isn't a story. If it's not, then China violated the sovereignty of a foreign state's territorial waters.

[–] davad 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's not exactly how it works. There are "territorial waters" which are entirely under the control of the state. And there is the "exclusive economic zone" (EEZ) outside of that, where the state has rights to resources. But the surface is "international waters". This incident happened in the EEZ.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

EEZ does not restrict the operations of other boats, as has been repeatedly established by the US in the Taiwan Strait, the Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, and elsewhere in the South China Sea.