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The name of the sea having the word "China" in it doesn't actually make it Chinese territorial waters.

• vkou 10y ago
  No, but how would the US react to China doing the same in international waters right off the coast of San Francisco?
  • mc32 10y ago
    When you say right off the coast you mean hundreds of miles from the mainland coast? I think the US is fine with foreign vessels operating in international waters.
    • 67726e 10y ago
      In fact making sure international waters are navigable is a bit of a priority for us.
  • anigbrowl 10y ago
    Like this for example (OK it's Hawai'i rather than SF but that's still US territory)? http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/chinese-spy-ship-spotted-hawaiian-coast-article-1.1873950 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/chinese-spy-ship-sp... Look, this sort of thing (observing each other from a safe distance) takes place all the time. We're fine with the Chinese ship shadowing the US one, watching us watching them, and we do the same thing in reverse. That's how naval powers have carried on business for centuries. It's like poker players looking at how many chips their opponents have on the table in order to guess at their strategy on the next hand. You can lok all you want, but you can't reach over and help yourself to one of the other players' chips.