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UNDERSTANDING BASICS
- The law of Seas classify the waters into different categories or zones based on the distance from the land.
NAUTICAL MILE
EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
DECEMBER 2019
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INDIA’S STAND
- “Our stand is that if you have to do anything in our EEZ (exclusive economic zone), you have to notify us first,” said Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh
CHINA’S INTERESTS IN ANDAMAN SEA
- The Andaman and Nicobar Islands bestow upon New Delhi an immense geographical and military advantage.The Andaman Sea connects the Eastern Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Malacca.
- Whoever controls the Andaman basin controls the Malacca strait.The islands also allow India to project military power across the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia; they are New Delhi’s unsinkable aircraft carrier.
CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE AND ANDMAN SEA
- Under the infrastructure plan, China is involved in significant economic, connectivity and development projects along the littorals of the Andaman Sea.
- As a flagship project under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, Beijing is building a deep-sea port in the Kyaukpyu islands across the Arakan coast.
- It is also laying down a railway line connecting Yunnan province to Mandalay.
KRA CANAL
CANAL
- An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.
THE POLITICS OF KRA CANAL
- USA has expressed concerns over the KRA Canal
- India too would not like it to be built Singapore has expressed concerns about an adverseimpact on its economy from the proposed canal.
- One report estimated that Singapore might lose 30 percent of its shipping trade as a result of the canal.
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