Eurasia Border Review;Volume 3, No. 1

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China's Territorial Claims at Sea : The East China and South China Sea (Part I)

Sato, Koichi

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Abstract

The sea trial of China's first aircraft carrier in August 2011 and a spate of recent incidents over disputed maritime territory in the East and South China Sea have prompted a new interest in the objectives and capacity of the People's Liberation Army Navy. This issue of Eurasian Border Review presents the first part of a special two-part feature on China's sea "frontiers." Part One of this analysis introduces China's varying interpretations of the International Law of the Sea and a case study of how this understanding operates in the East China Sea. Part Two will appear in the next issue of EBR in which territorial issues in the South China Sea will be discussed alongside the actual reality of Chinese naval strategy and its capacity.

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