![]() The US, UK and Australia routinely conduct freedom of navigation operations (or FONOPs) to challenge what Washington calls “attempts by coastal states to unlawfully restrict access to the seas”. However in an historic decision in 2016, the international tribunal in The Hague ruled against part of China’s claims to the sea. This line extends for 2,000 kilometers from the Chinese mainland, encompassing over half of the sea. Ĭhina claims almost all of the 1.3 million-square-mile South China Sea as its sovereign territory, and it has denounced the presence of foreign warships there as the root of tensions in the region.Ĭhina say that its claim to the sea is based both on the Law of the Sea Convention and its so-called ‘nine-dash’ line. HMS Queen Elizabeth and elements of her Carrier Strike Group have arrived in Singapore. The aircraft carrier and her escorts were recently in Singapore before entering the South China Sea. ![]() Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and her Carrier Strike Group have entered the South China Sea, a region largely claimed by China. ![]()
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