So I've been educating myself about EEV's. Seems to me China's still in the wrong:
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Originally Posted by international law
Article 58
Rights and duties of other States
in the exclusive economic zone
1. In the exclusive economic zone all States, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy, subject to the relevant provisions of this Convention, the freedoms referred to in article 87 of navigation and overflight and of the laying of submarine cables and pipelines, and other internationally lawful uses of the sea related to these freedoms, such as those associated with the operation of ships, aircraft and submarine cables and pipelines, and compatible with the other provisions of this Convention.
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I take this, and I think it reasonable for me to take this, to mean that nations can have their ships in EEV's as long as they aren't exploiting the natural resources within them. i.e. as long as our ship wasn't fishing or diving for clams or setting up an oil rig, we had the right to be there.