The ‘Freedom of Navigation’ Issue in Sino-US Relations

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2016-01-11
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The‘FreedomofNavigation'issuehasbeenvolatileandofteninfluencedbySino-USrelationsinrecentyears.ThisproblemwasrootedindifferentinterpretationoftheUNCLOSbyChinaandtheUS.IthasalsoreflectedtheirdifferentnationalInterestsandmaritimestrategies.Thisissuehascausedfrequentfrictionsbetweenthetwosidesandmayleadtotheirfuturecontestforseapower.Atthesametime,italsourgesthebothsidestosetupnewmechanismforconfidencebuildingthatmayhelpthemtomanageitinamorerationalway.