The ministry said that it managed the movement of ships inside its exclusive economic zone in accordance with the UN sea convention as well as its own regulations.
Jeffrey Bader, senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council, said the recent clashes in waters near China underscored that “the absence of a sound relationship between our two militaries is a part of that strategic mistrust.”
The Jamestown Foundation, a think tank that keeps a close eye on China-US relations, said in a recent study: “The recriminations that flared between China and the US over the latest Sino-American maritime confrontation makes evident how little progress has been made in Sino-US defense dialogue during the past two decades.”
“Clashes between US and China military units operating in the sea and air near China have become a recurring disruption in the bilateral relations. They will burden the Obama administration as it seeks to develop Sino-American security relations in the coming years,” it said.
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