What Happens When You Let the PRC Get Away with the South China Sea Grabs
just the tip
CDR Salamander
May 29, 2025
One thing I brought up on last night’s UNCLAS Read Board was what looked like another probe by bayonet by the People’s Republic of China when it comes to contested and open seas.
This time it isn’t the South China Sea, nor the West Philippine Sea, but the Yellow Sea.
As reported by Ryan Chan over at Newsweek:
China declared three zones banning the entry of ships within the Yellow Sea's Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ), an area established under a 2000 agreement where the Chinese and South Korean Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) overlap.
These Chinese "no-sail zones" have been in effect since Thursday and are scheduled to end on Tuesday. Two were designated for military exercises, while no reason was assigned for the third—located entirely in South Korea's EEZ—although ships were still prohibited from entering it.
https://cdrsalamander.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-you-let-the-prc
