Under new rules, the China Coast Guard said it will detain foreign ships that enter China's territorial waters and the adjacent waters.
The Chinese coast guard said under new rules it will detain foreigners for trespassing in the disputed South China Sea. From Saturday, China's coast guard can detain foreigners "suspected of violating management of border entry and exit", according to the new regulations published online. Detention is allowed up to 60 days in "complicated cases", they say.
Chinese "domestic law has no applicability to other states' flagged vessels in other states' exclusive economic zones or in the high seas," a US State Department spokesperson said. "Enforcement would be highly escalatory and detrimental to regional peace and security." The official said Washington "unequivocally rejects" China's "sweeping and unlawful maritime claims" in the South China Sea.
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