It was the latest Chinese patrol in a pattern stretching more than a year. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HANOI - A Vietnamese ship monitored a Chinese Coast Guard vessel on Saturday in a Russian-operated gas field in Vietnam’s South China Sea exclusive economic zone , data show - the latest Chinese patrol in a pattern stretching more than a year.
Both Vietnam and Indonesia have asked China to avoid these areas in their EEZs - although the zones are not territorial waters and do not have sailing restrictions under international law. Maps created by SCSCI and analysed by Reuters, using Automatic Identification System signals from those vessels, show Chinese ships last year followed nearly identical routes at least 34 times from Vanguard Bank, a submerged feature near the boundaries of Vietnamese and Indonesian exclusive economic zones , to two Russian-controlled blocks 50 nautical miles away - at times getting close as 1 nautical mile from the main wells.
A spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said the Chinese Coast Guard carries out patrols in the areas under China’s jurisdiction in the South China Sea while respecting international law, and said it was not aware of patrols in energy exploration blocks operated by Russian firms. Exclusive economic zones generally extend 200 nautical miles beyond its shores. By international law, a country’s territorial waters - in which it can control all activities - typically extend about 12 nautical miles from its shores. Conflicts can arise where such claims overlap.
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