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INDIAN OCEAN (July 08, 2011) – Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) approach a crippled Indonesian fishing vessel after transporting 28 passengers from the vessel to the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63). The vessel began taking on water, forcing crew members to signal for assistance. A total of 25 crew members were transported to Cowpens. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2rd Class Adam K. Thomas/RELEASED)
Western and Asian governments and commentators have pilloried the Chinese government for its inscrutability on the so-called ‘nine-dash line’ in the South China Sea. Because the nine-dash line allegedly lacks a basis in international law as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), they have hectored China to clarify the line’s meaning and to derive all maritime claims from the textual provisions of the Convention.
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