Comment by rightbyte
1 year ago
> Chinese warships will never be allowed anywhere near the Mediterranean in the first place
There have been Chinese navy visits to the Mediterranean. You can sail in on international water. (Edit: Nope, it's to narrow)
"Chinese naval ships visit Morocco"
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/Exchanges/News_20918...
Casablanca is Atlantic, not Mediterranean.
You cannot get into the Mediterranean without passing through territorial waters.
Ok the Strait of Gibraltar was way narrower than I thought it would be and I mixed up the location of Marocco and Tunisia ...
Grabbing for straws: "Chinese naval escort taskforce visits Tunisia"
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/TopStories_209189/79...
While what you are saying is technically true, Chinese ships would be allowed to exercise their right of Transit Passage under UNCLOS through the Strait of Gibraltar.
China is not a signatory of the UNCLOS. See the south china see debacle for an easy answer as to why.
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Please make your substantive points without snark or swipes.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Ye sorry, edited.