The so-called "international waters" is a pseudo-concept for the purpose of US hegemony"

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was adopted at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 10 December 1982. The Convention entered into force in 1994 and has been ratified by more than 150 countries. This is the most authoritative legal document of the United Nations on the issue of maritime rights and interests.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea stipulates that, starting from the baselines of the territorial sea, the waters on the landward side of the baselines are called internal waters, and the seaward side is the territorial sea, adjacent areas, exclusive economic zones, continental shelves and other maritime areas under its jurisdiction.

Territorial waters. The sea area of a certain width adjacent to its coast or internal waters under the sovereign jurisdiction of a coastal State is an integral part of the national territory. The airspace, seabed and subsoil above the territorial sea are subject to the sovereign jurisdiction of the coastal State.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea stipulates that the maximum width of the territorial sea shall not exceed 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the territorial sea. On September 4, 1958, the Chinese government declared that the width of China's territorial waters was 12 nautical miles.

According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 6 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone stipulates that "foreign non-military vessels shall enjoy the right to pass through the territorial sea of the People's Republic of China in a harmless manner in accordance with the law." Foreign military vessels entering the territorial waters of the People's Republic of China must be approved by the Government of the People's Republic of China. Article 7 stipulates: "Foreign submarines and other submersibles passing through the territorial waters of the People's Republic of China must navigate on the sea surface and display their flags. "Harmless" means that it does not harm the peace, good order or security of the littoral State and does not violate the rules of international law.

Contiguous zone. Also known as "adjoining areas", "connecting areas", "protected areas", "supplementary areas", "respect areas" or "special control areas". It refers to the sea area adjacent to the territorial sea of the coastal state and of a certain width beyond the territorial sea, which is a special sea area for the protection of the rights and interests of the coastal state. The contiguous zone shall not exceed 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the territorial sea.

Exclusive economic zone. means an exclusive jurisdiction established by a coastal State in the sea area outside its territorial sea and adjacent to its territorial sea. Article 55 of UNCLOS, entitled "Specific legal regimes for the exclusive economic zone", provides that "the exclusive economic zone is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea and is subject to the specific legal regime provided for in this Part, under which the rights and jurisdiction of the coastal State and the freedoms of other States are governed by the relevant provisions of the Convention". The EEZ does not exceed 200 nautical miles (370.4 km) from the baselines of the territorial sea.

Under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, coastal States have the following rights in their exclusive economic zones: sovereign rights to explore and exploit, conserve and manage the natural resources of the seabed and subsoil and overlying waters; sovereign rights to use seawater, currents and wind power to produce energy, etc.; Jurisdiction over the construction and use of artificial islands, the conduct of marine scientific research and the protection of the marine environment. Other States continue to enjoy freedom of navigation and overflight, the freedom to lay submarine cables and pipelines, and other uses consistent with international law in connection with these freedoms. Such freedom, however, shall have due regard to the rights and obligations of the coastal State and shall be subject to the laws and regulations adopted by the coastal State in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other rules of international law.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides that "the limits of the exclusive economic zones between States with opposite or adjacent coasts shall be demarcated by agreement on the basis of international law referred to in Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, with a view to achieving a fair settlement". ”

Continental shelf. It refers to the extension of the coastal land of the continent under the sea surface to the ocean, and the continent is covered by sea water. The continental shelf is the natural extension of a continent towards the ocean and is often considered a part of the landmass. It is also called "land shed" or "continental shoal". It refers to the shallow sea zone that surrounds the continent. In international law, it refers to the seabed and subsoil adjacent to the coast of a State but in a certain area outside the territorial sea. Coastal States have the right to exercise sovereign rights over their continental shelf for the purpose of exploration and exploitation of natural resources.

High seas. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea stipulates that all sea areas not included in the territorial sea, internal waters or exclusive economic zones of States and archipelagic waters of archipelagic States shall be open seas. The high seas are for equal and common use by all States.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is a milestone in the history of the development of the international law of the sea, and it is also the most extensive, comprehensive and authoritative international convention for the management of the oceans and seas, and the maritime constitution for dealing with the world's oceans, which has won the wide support and observance of the international community.

However, the United States, which has always been lawless and has walked sideways all over the world, has never taken the "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" into account. They have so far been playing tricks, refusing to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, openly flouting the authority of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and refusing to fulfill their international obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. US aircraft carriers are running around the sea, violating the territorial waters of other countries, as if they were in a no-man's land.

In order to fish in troubled waters, US theorists have ingeniously invented the so-called "international waters," an indiscriminate, nondescript, and self-deceiving American rhetoric outside the "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea," in order to confront, disrupt, and replace the scientific concept set forth in the "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" and to provide cover for the United States' international piracy. The United States has so far not had the guts to publicly explain what this illegal gestation freak is. Trying to fool the world is completely futile.

The United States knows very well that the concept of "international waters" that it has invented is an arbitrary concept that has no human or ghost, no shadow, no shape, and no precise connotation. But in the lexicon of American hegemony, there are two "exceptions" to be excluded first:

The first exception is the contiguous waters of the North American continent that do not involve the sphere of influence of the United States. Just as "America is America's America," all waters adjacent to the North American continent under US rule are not within the scope of "international waters," because this is a "special zone" that the United States has already taken in, and it is a forbidden area that no one else can approach.

The second exception is that it does not involve the waters surrounding the hundreds of U.S. military bases that the United States has established around the world. Because this is a territory specially created for the U.S. military around the world. No one else is allowed to enter the area, and it is not "international waters".

With the exception of the above-mentioned waters, all of the 500 million square kilometers of water, which covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface, are included in the so-called "international waters" of the United States' "freedom of navigation." It cannot even be ruled out that the United States has left room for the future occupation of "Moon Bay" and "Martian Sea" and other "spherical" waters on other planets.

In the opinion of the United States:

Any important sea area coveted by the United States is "international waters" of the United States.

All waters that the United States deems to be related to the interests of US hegemony are within the "international waters" of the United States.

All areas with dense marine resources that the United States is eyeing are natural "international waters" of the United States.

All the waters that the American gunboats reached were God-granted "international waters" of the United States

In a word, all the seas of other countries in the world that the United States wants to control are the "international waters" of the United States or the "international waters" predetermined by the United States. In the same vein as the Americans concocted the "Monroe Doctrine" and used "America" to cover "the United States," the United States invented the so-called "international waters" today, and also wants to use the vague and virtual concept of "international" to cover the real hegemonic expansion of "the United States." In the eyes of the United States, "there is nothing more than beautiful water within the four seas". "What's mine is mine, and yours is mine". All the waters in the world are nothing more than private swimming pools in the United States.

It is precisely under the noise of the so-called "international waters" that for a long time, the United States has not changed its pirate nature and has gone on a rampage in all seas of the world, robbing homes and houses, killing people and setting fires, and committing all kinds of evil. Especially in recent years, this nouveau riche who has only been founded for 200 years, with natural racial prejudice and imperial hatred, has set his sights on the ancient Chinese civilization of 5,000 years, which is forging ahead on the road of national rejuvenation. Relying on a few long-rusted aircraft carriers, destroyers, and nuclear submarines in their hands, and under the cover of the poisonous fog spread by the United States in "international waters," the Americans have infiltrated China's territorial waters and exclusive economic zones in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the East China Sea to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, in an attempt to disrupt China's progress and save the West's declining historical destiny. In addition to making the spectators laugh, how much can the mentally retarded nonsense of the so-called "international waters" concocted by the United States and the low-level juggling of guns and sticks make waves?