Which other countries is China working with in military planning or maneuvers?

In what may become a pattern, China and Russia in the past few years have begun jointly conducting naval drills with additional countries, such as Iran and South Africa. Other Sino-Russian maneuvers have occurred more intermittently.

How much of the South China Sea does China claim?

China uses a “nine-dash line,” citing maritime records from dynastic times, to claim about 90\% of the 3.5 million-square-kilometer South China Sea that other governments value for fisheries and undersea fossil fuel reserves. The nine dashes cut into some nations’ exclusive economic zones.

Are 9 dash lines Legal?

The 9 Dash Line is Unlawful Therefore, any portion of the 9 dash line that is within another country’s EEZ is unlawful; International law prohibits China from capturing resources and creating islands in other states’ EEZ’s (UNCLOS 43-44).

Are China and Iran planning naval exercises in the Persian Gulf?

An Iranian naval vessel participating in a drill with the Russian navy on February 17, 2021. Iranian Army via AP Three of America’s biggest adversaries — China, Iran and Russia — plan to hold naval exercises in the Persian Gulf either later this year or early next year, the Russian ambassador to Iran said Monday.

Will Iran and Russia hold a joint naval drill in India?

Separately, Iran and Russia held a joint naval drill in the northern Indian Ocean in February of this year. Moscow’s man in Tehran noted Monday that he expected the exercise to be an annual event among the three nations.

Is the US Navy militarizing the South China Sea?

The U.S. and Chinese navies are holding competing naval exercises in the South China Sea, as the Beijing accuses Washington of militarizing the region. On Saturday, the U.S. Navy’s Reagan and Nimitz carrier strike groups transited from the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea and held the first dual-carrier drills there since 2014.

What is China’s Joint Sea?

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and the Russian Navy began a six-day joint naval exercise, codenamed Joint Sea 2019, in the port city of Qingdao on China’s Yellow Sea coast on April 29. Joint Sea 2019 is the latest iteration of an annual naval exercise between the PLAN and Russian Navy that has been taking place since 2012.