Guoxing, Ji

Abstract
The “Impeccable Incident” constitutes the most serious friction between China and the US since the collision of their military aircraft near Hainan Island in April 2001. Like the previous one, this incident shows the two countries’ differing understandings and implementation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – particularly the Convention’s provisions on coastal states’ rights in their exclusive economic zones (EEZs).
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