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Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China
" The United States, like most other countries, believes that coastal states under
UNCLOS have the right to regulate economic activities in their EEZs, but do not
have the right to regulate foreign military activities in their EEZs.
" U.S. military surveillance flights in international airspace above another
country's EEZ are lawful under international law, and the United States plans to
continue conducting these flights as it has in the past.
" The Senkaku Islands are under the administration of Japan and unilateral
attempts to change the status quo raise tensions and do nothing under
international law to strengthen territorial claims.
China's actions for asserting and defending its maritime territorial and EEZ claims in the ECS
and SCS raise several potential policy and oversight issues for Congress, including whether the
United States has an adequate strategy for countering China's "salami-slicing" strategy, whether
the United States has taken adequate actions to reduce the risk that the United States might be
drawn into a crisis or conflict over a territorial dispute involving China, and whether the United
States should become a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
(UNCLOS).Congressional Research Service
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O'Rourke, Ronald. Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress, report, December 1, 2017; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1094510/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.