> Despite China having a vast coastline, they do not have access to the open seas. I didn’t realize that Okinawa is halfway between the Japanese mainland and T

> Despite China having a vast coastline, they do not have access to the open seas. I didn’t realize that Okinawa is halfway between the Japanese mainland and Taiwan, and the Japanese territorial waters extend right up to the Taiwanese EEZ on account of Japan’s far-flung southern islands.