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China’s New Air Defense Zone is a Sign of Much Larger Ambitions
On November 23, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) announced the establishment of an East China Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) and demanded that all aircraft entering or transiting the zone file flight plans with Beijing. China then deployed fighters to patrol the zone; threatening military action against anyone who did not acknowledge it’s authority in what is otherwise considered international…
Posted in China, Defense and National Security, Foreign Policy, Trade & Economics, United Nations
Tagged ADIZ, Beijing Dictatorship, Communist China, East China Air Defense Identification Zone, East China Sea, EEZ, Exclusive Economic Zone, Joseph Biden, LOST, Obama, Pacific Rim, Peoples Republic of China, PRC, Shinzo Abe, Territorial Boundaries, UN Law of the Sea Treaty, US Trade Deficit, US-China Relations, Xi Jinping
