Hey, you also said there is no different between Liaoning warship and fishing ship or commercial ship. Ok, we dont talk how modern the Liaoning is, but it is a warship in PLA navy, isnt it? Is there any country in the World who will allow an unknown warship getting Close within 40KM without releasing a warning even in the public sea? VN navy? Impossible! 40KM! How fast is modern missile? Dont begin such argue again ok? Dont forget I'm also a half VN.Agreed with your comment in another posting, Chinese seem to be quite different from other thought.
But China govt. know well that they could concrete their position as a Big Four only if they follow the international rule.
As you said, and information I get, They requested no other combatant ship could come as close as 40kms from their Liaoning? Or When Liaoning moving, there's always a 80kms bandwidth that is protection area of it ? no matter where it operate ?
That's the distance between USS Cowpen vs Liaoning.