【The security legislation and China. How should we handle the threat from China?】

《America sent a warship around the artificial islands in the South China Sea》

America made the warship navigate at the area away from some 22km from the artificial island.

In fact, even if being in the territory belonged to other nation, the warship can navigate there. We call it the right of innocent passage. Without showing any hostility to the nation, putting up its flag and passes through there alone, the warship can do it.

If it’s a submarine, when going into there by diving, even if being attacked, no one can complain about it, but if emerging from the water and making clear its belongingness, the right of innocent passage is admitted.

...もっと見るBut there is the domestic law the accept from China is indispensable beforehand in China. It’s exceptional in the world. Without the law, America would be able to say it’s just that America exercise the right of innocent passage when making the warship belonged to America navigate there.