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China Any large-scale naval fleet activities are closely monitored by the United States and Japan (International Herald Tribune)

Perspective nine ocean-going Chinese navy track

current nine sea mouth, frequent use can really only 3-4, and with the United States, Japan and India and other countries out of the ocean ship routes overlap, surveillance and being watched, tracked and even malicious provocation may occur at any

“International Herald Tribune,” freelance writer Hai Tao from Beijing as a maritime nation of Japan, the Chinese navy’s movement has always been the most sensitive, and even some nervous.

4 13, Japan’s defense Kitazawa handsome in a press conference after the cabinet meeting, said Jan. 10 in Okinawa and Miyako Island, between the seas is found in south China’s fleet, including two submarines, including a total of 10 ships.

quiet for some time to find the excitement of the Japanese media, these days on television repeatedly broadcast video of the Chinese fleet, the newspaper is Japan’s Self-Defense with a large picture showing Chinese warships photo shoot.

an anonymous source said the Chinese Navy, Japan was so surprised, only shows a small number of Chinese warships at sea, Japan should meet more Chinese ships to go out more often. However, every step of the Chinese navy at sea is not so easy, is not only the sea waterway geographical limitations, and the US-Japan containment of China is deploying massive naval into the ocean.

far from the ocean waterway “unhindered”

by marine geographical constraints, the Chinese navy into the ocean to the sea there are nine. In which a northern direction: the Tumen River estuary, the Tumen River – the Sea of ??Japan – Kuril Islands – Pacific Northwest. The late 1980s, China’s Tumen River to the sea on the right of navigation has been recognized by the state, but follow-up work yet to be carried, currently does not meet conditions for naval navigation.

rely mainly on the sea in the east through the Japanese island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands between Taiwan Island, the Strait of various waterways, into the Pacific Ocean. Navy ships for free through the sea, including 4: East China Sea – the Osumi Strait – Pacific Ocean; the East China Sea – Cross Om waterways – the Pacific; the East China Sea – Miyako waterways – the Pacific; the East China Sea – Yonaguni West waterway – Pacific. Strait waterway or above the “United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea” under the “straits used for international navigation”, or more than 24 sea miles wide gorge, with high seas routes, including submarines, naval vessels, including the Chinese are free to cross without notice the Japanese side.

south to the Pacific and Indian Ocean sea there are four: the Taiwan Strait – the bus, the mouth of the Strait of Bahrain pond (ie North Sea, the East China Sea Fleet warships through the Taiwan Strait into the South China Sea off the east, across the Bashi Channel or the Straits into the Pacific pond Bahrain); the South China Sea – Singapore Strait – Strait of Malacca – the Indian Ocean; South China Sea – Sunda Strait – Indian Ocean; South China Sea – Mindoro Strait – Makassar Strait – Lombok Strait – the Indian Ocean. Strait waterway above or for international shipping hub, or the need to cross the Indonesia archipelago waters, ships will pass by the international law of the sea and coastal domestic laws and regulations to certain restrictions.