Indonesia rebukes China's latest South China Sea claim

[TomSea]

Indonesia rebukes China's latest South China Sea claim
Jakarta: Indonesia has rejected China's claims over a disputed part of the South China Sea as "having no legal basis" in a growing diplomatic spat.

On Monday, Jakarta had protested to Beijing over the presence of a Chinese coastguard vessel in its territorial waters.
Chinese fishing boats sail near Meiji reef off the island province of Hainan in 2012 in a part of the South China Sea that is also claimed by Vietnam. China has territorial disputes in the South China Sea with several nations.

Chinese fishing boats sail near Meiji reef off the island province of Hainan in 2012 in a part of the South China Sea that is also claimed by Vietnam. China has territorial disputes in the South China Sea with several nations.Credit:AP

The boat trespassed into Indonesia's exclusive economic zone off the coast of the northern islands of Natuna, leading Indonesians officials to issue a "strong protest" and summon the Chinese ambassador in Jakarta.

More at: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/indonesia-rebukes-china-s-latest-south-china-sea-claim-20200102-p53o7p.html

For the record, even though China and Russia appear friendly with each other, they also have some sort of dispute in that whole oceanic area. Russia has a joint project with one of those countries that is at odds with China. I'd have to find the article.

[skeeter]

For the record, even though China and Russia appear friendly with each other, they also have some sort of dispute in that whole oceanic area. Russia has a joint project with one of those countries that is at odds with China. I'd have to find the article.

Russia and China also have an illegal immigration problem in Siberia, with of the course the illegals being Chinese. China has designs on that region as well.