China and the military use of the ocean

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Because of the perception of threat from the sea, military and security concerns have played a major role in the formulation of China's marine policy concerning the military use of the ocean. Throughout the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea, China rebuked the superpowers’ position on the right of passage for warships and asked for the incorporation of the requirement of prior notification and authorization into the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, although without avail. The perception of external naval threat has also played an important role in the process of developing China's navy over the past three and half decades or so. In recent years, because of the growth of China's maritime activities and the escalation of conflict between China and other coastal states, particularly Vietnam, the importance of the navy as a tool to protect and pursue China's maritime interests has significantly increased.

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