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Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by 8note on Sunday September 06, 2020 @12:47PM (#24392647)
The American navy has been going around there for a long time; that's hardly non-militarized.

I'm not sure there's a big difference between claiming they're territorial US waters vs claiming that the US gets to decide who's waters they are. In both cases the US has sovereignty over those waters

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Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:48PM (#24393650)
No, this is all off the mark. Freedom of navigation cruises are not somehow asserting sovereignty.
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Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by AlotOfReading on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:03PM (#24392776)
I'm not aware of the US ever claiming it gets to decide whose waters they are. Can you provide some links for that? I've only seen the US appeal to the convention and various arbitrations on the issue.
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