territorial sea

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The sovereignty of a coastal State extends, beyond its land territory and internal waters, to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea.
沿海国的主权及于其陆地领土及其内水以外邻接的一带海域，称为领海。
Ships of all states, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea.
所有国家的船舶，无论是沿海还是内陆国家，均享有通过群岛水域的无害通过权。
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China warned Washington this week not to get involved in South China Sea territorial disputes, loaded, of course, with oil and gas and have set China against the Philippines and Japan who both claim rights to the tiny energy rich islands in the sea.
FORBES: Hillary Clinton In China, Talks Military In South China Sea