The US considers China's claims in the East Sea dangerous 0
The US views China’s new regulations in the East Sea as provocative and potentially dangerous.
`Passing regulations restricting fishing activities of other countries in disputed waters in the South China Sea is a provocative and potentially dangerous act,` Reuters quoted Ms. Jen Psaki, spokeswoman for the State Department.
Ms. Psaki also affirmed Washington’s consistent stance on the East Sea issue that `relevant parties need to avoid unilateral actions that increase tensions and reduce the prospects for a peaceful diplomatic solution.`
Since the end of November 2013, the government of China’s Hai nan province passed new regulations, which require foreign fishing vessels to apply for a license to explore or fish in two-thirds of the East Sea, where
This new regulation takes effect from January 1 and ships that violate it can be fined up to 500,000 yuan (82,600 USD).
`China is a maritime country, so this is very normal and is part of the agenda of provinces adjacent to the sea in building regulations according to the national legal framework, to preserve and manage
Professor Shi Enhong, from the Academy of International Relations, Renmin University of China, said that the implementation of the new regulations will be flexible and based on the nationality of the fishing vessels.
Meanwhile, Mr. Raul Hernandez, spokesman for the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, said on January 8 that the country’s diplomatic agency is examining and verifying the new regulations introduced by China.
Many analysts say that this new move by China will make the dispute in the East Sea more tense.
China’s new regulations were born not long after the country unilaterally established the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea on November 23, 2013.
