I was looking through the Chinese websites today to see their thoughts on the matter and I saw this map of South China Sea. In case you are wondering, the red dotted boundary is the border that China is claiming. It's actually on all of the maps published in China. The red circle areas are all the major islands in South China Sea. Clearly, this is one of the most hotly contested regions in the world with numerous countries claiming the different islands and EEZ in this area.
Also, the link to 2001's EP-3 incident is quite strong here. Back in 2001, we didn't know about Sanya naval base that was under construction. I suspect that's what EP-3 was really spying at that time. This time, it's obviously spying on the submarine base at Sanya. Looks like this will be an area of major contention for years to come. I really do hope they find some kind of protocol for this type of cat & mouse game, because this certainly won't be the last time they have an incident. In a way, I think this kind of stuff must have happened before. Maybe, the navy is only releasing it now to try to get more military budget.
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