Indonesia Deploys Warship to Monitor China Coast Guard Vessel

    Image copyright: Antara Foto/Reuters [via Al Jazeera]

    The Spin

    Anti-China narrative

    By constantly sending coast guard vessels into its waters, China strategically pushes Indonesia to acknowledge the PRC's self-proclaimed maritime rights. Given that China continues to lurk in the waters around the North Natuna Sea, Jakarta must take diplomatic steps to protect Indonesia's national interests, sovereignty, and citizens.

    Pro-China narrative

    China has historical and legal rights to fish in the North Natuna Sea and to sail ships through Indonesia's so-called EEZ. Although Indonesia's off-shore drilling in China's waters violates its territorial integrity and sovereignty, the Chinese coast guards only carry out routine patrols to maintain maritime order and protect the country's financial interests.

    Metaculus Prediction


    Establishment split

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