Last Updated：2022/12/24
In Beijing’s view, in the absence of an explicit treaty provision, the central line of the main channel—the Thalweg principle—provided a legal basis for delimiting the boundary in the two rivers. On this basis, Beijing claimed that 600 of the rivers’ 700 islands—including Zhenbao Island on the Ussuri River, just 180 miles southwest of an important Soviet city, Khabarovsk—belonged to the P.R.C.
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In
Beijing’s
view,
in
the
absence
of
an
explicit
treaty
provision,
the
central
line
of
the
main
channel—the
Thalweg
principle—provided
a
legal
basis
for
delimiting
the
boundary
in
the
two
rivers.
On
this
basis,
Beijing
claimed
that
600
of
the
rivers’
700
islands—including
Zhenbao
Island
on
the
Ussuri
River,
just
180
miles
southwest
of
an
important
Soviet
city,
Khabarovsk—belonged
to
the
P.R.C.
