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East Sea 2020: The US adjusts its policy, Southeast Asia gets tough with China Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
13/02/2021 15:00 GMT+7
Facing China s actions, the United States increased military operations in the East Sea and adjusted its policy towards endorsing the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) s ruling in 2016.
The US Department of Defense has increased the frequency of free navigation operations (FONOP) in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea). As of December 25th 2020, the US Navy had conducted 9 FONOPs in the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, compared with eight in 2019 and six in 2018.