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How Beijing’s New Maritime Rules in the South China Sea Will Affect India and Others
China's new maritime law – in which foreign vessels will have to submit details to Chinese authorities when transiting through its 'territorial waters' – has now come into force.
In a classic manoeuvre of what is called “lawfare”, China announced a new set of maritime regulations last week that require ships carrying certain types of cargo to provide detailed information to the…
- Manoj Joshi
- The Wire
Though such demands by littoral states are not unusual, it does not take a genius to understand that this particular move is part of an ongoing Chinese project to establish its jurisdiction over the…
Neither is the use of “lawfare” to project a country’s goals.
The US routinely…