The move would come with serious costs – but Beijing might come to think the gains are worth it.
- Mark J. Valencia
- The Diplomat
The early April passage of the French frigate Vendémiaire through the Taiwan Strait, amid a significant increase of such passages by U.S. warships despite China’s objections, gives Beijing one more reason to…
Withdrawing would have serious costs as well as benefits and both need to be considered.
The idea of withdrawing from UNCLOS (“denouncing it” in legal parlance) has come up before, particularly in regard to China’s nine-dash line historic claim to much of the…