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Grafik zeigt die Zahl der Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) Einsätze im Süd-China-Meer in den letzten fünf Jahren.
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Biden steht vor Herausforderungen im Südchinesischen Meer

By Jordi Bou

December 17, 2020 - Die Administration des designierten Präsidenten Joe Biden wird erwartungsgemäß die Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) im Süd-China Meer beibehalten oder sogar erweitern und damit Chinas Souveränitätsansprüche herausfordern.

Since taking over in 2017, President Donald Trump’s administration increased the number of FONOPs in the region. The manoeuvres involving naval vessels sailing within territorial limits of land features claimed by China, reached a new high of 10 last year after a total of just five in the last two years of the Obama administration.

Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden’s pick for national security adviser, last year lamented the U.S.’s inability to stop China from militarizing artificial land features, and called for the U.S. to focus more on freedom of navigation.

China defends its construction as necessary for self-defence and says the United States is responsible for ratcheting up tension by sending warships and military planes close to islands Beijing claims.

China claims almost all of the strategic South China Sea. Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have competing claims in the region.

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PUBLISHED: 17/12/2020; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Rawad Madanat/U.S. NAVY
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