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Does the US have the right to sail warships through the South China Sea? And can China stop them?

  • Written by Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University
Does the US have the right to sail warships through the South China Sea? And can China stop them?The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz sailing in the South China Sea in July 2020.Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Samantha Jetzer/US Navy/AP

Images of what appeared to be US warships emerged from China last month, but they were not anywhere near an ocean. In fact, they were thousands of kilometres away, in a desert in western China.

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