Comments by "ttkoh123" (@ttkoh123) on "CBS Evening News" channel.

  1. China is correct that the term ‘international waters’ does not appear in UNCLOS. The term "international water" is NOT defined in UNCLOS. Also the US did not sign the UNCLOS convention. The United States recognizes the PRC as the sole legal government of China and acknowledges that Taiwan is part of China. Taiwan Strait, which is roughly 96 nautical miles at its widest and 70 nautical miles at its narrowest and includes a 12-nautical-mile territorial sea and a 200-nautical-mile EEZ from the baselines of both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, which means that there is no high-seas corridor through the strait. Fishing, polluting, weapons practice, and spying are not "innocent passage", and submarines and other underwater vehicles are required to navigate on the surface and to show their flag. And such passage is subjected to the obligation to pay ‘due regard’ to the rights and duties of the coastal state (Article 58(3)).
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