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Territorial claims is NOT base on distance.Is Hawaii to far to be a state of the us?
by ultraboy 12y ago
Territorial claims is NOT base on distance.Is Hawaii to far to be a state of the us?
- melling 12y agoDoes the US claim all the ocean between the west coast and Hawaii? No, because it's too far from land.
- akfanta 12y agoI am not sure where you are going here. China didn't claim all the ocean either, they want the islands.
- redguard 12y agoAre you Chinese red guard? China does claim the ocean area. See the hilarious map here: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54145000/gif/_54145268__48951920_south_china-sea_1_466-1.gif http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54145000/gif/_54145268...
- briandh 12y agoNo. They want the islands as a means to claim the surrounding waters, which which have a lot of real and potential value in fisheries, sea lanes, and offshore oil. The islands themselves are not very valuable.
- BrandonMarc 12y ago... also worth mention: they're not too happy with the US Navy operating freely within the South China Sea, even if the rest of the world calls it "international waters". The red line in the map is what they'd rather keep a powerful non-China navy out of, for both defensive and offensive reasons.
- mason240 12y agoWhat is being unsaid here is that the whole reason China needs those islands is because their territorial waters are completely surrounded by other countries. In order for Chinese ships to reach the open Pacific, they have to go through either Russian, Japanese, Philippine, or Vietnamese waters. Getting these islands mean they get an outlet to open seas.
- dba7dba 12y ago@ultraboy Despite the risk of down votes, I have to say this. Did you really say that?!