>> 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

>> 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_...