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> As you can imagine the Chinese are not a big fan of American ships doing that in waters that they claim to be theirs. Why does anyone (besides China) care? N

• wolverine876 5y ago
  > Why does anyone (besides China) care? Nobody in that region recognizes those claims. China has power, military and economic, and thus can't be ignored. If Fiji claimed a region of the Pacific, it wouldn't matter (in this respect).
  • tablespoon 5y ago
    >> Why does anyone (besides China) care? Nobody in that region recognizes those claims. > China has power, military and economic, and thus can't be ignored. If Fiji claimed a region of the Pacific, it wouldn't matter (in this respect). It isn't ignored, but that doesn't mean those claims are recognized. The US (at least) takes actions to specifically show that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_navigation#Freedom_of_Navigation_Operations_(FONOPs) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_navigation#Freedom_...
    • wolverine876 5y ago
      > It isn't ignored, but that doesn't mean those claims are recognized. Agreed. The GGP was asking if anyone cared. People certainly care about the claims, even if they don't recognize them.
• toyg 5y ago
  Because China happens to have nukes, probably.