(Photo: Ted ALJIBE/ AFP)Īmidst the ongoing negotiations of the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea that is expected to be finished by the end of this year, China has just enacted a controversial Coast Guard law. States interested in the peace and stability of the South China Sea should do something about it.Ī Philippine coast guard ship (R) sails past a Chinese coastguard ship during a joint search and rescue exercise between Philippine and US coastguards near Scarborough shoal, in the South China Sea, on 14 May, 2019.
A new Chinese law, which gives its coast guard legal cover to fire on foreign vessels in contested waters, is worrying.
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