China could assert traditional fishing rights, demand transit passages and contest baselines under Unclos if territorial disputes with Philippines escalate, according to leading scholar.
China is expected to keep tensions simmering within the ‘grey zone’ to stake its claims to the disputed waterway, but analysts say this entails the risk of miscalculations.
The US has unilaterally defined the outer limits of its continental shelves, causing Moscow to raise concerns and urge Washington to adhere to international norms. Will this spat further fire up the already simmering tensions?
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Japan are set to formally commit to strengthening maritime security cooperation and upholding respect for territorial integrity, peaceful settlement of disputes, and renunciation of threats or use of force when they meet in a special summit in Tokyo on Sunday.