China conducts military activities in foreign EEZs in contradiction to its stance against U.S. activities

China recently acknowledged that it too conducts surveillance and marine data collection in the EEZ of foreign states, including the United States.²⁴ On June 1, 2013, at the maritime security session of the Shangri- La Dialogue, high-ranking Chinese military officials confirmed that China has sent its ships into the United States' EEZ.²⁵ U.S. Admiral Samuel Locklear, Commander of U.S. Forces in the Pacific, confirmed that China's Navy has "started 'reciprocating' the US Navy's practice of sending ships and aircraft into the 200-nautical mile zone off China's coast."²⁶ This activity is ironic because China continues to intercept foreign military and fishing vessels, the United States included,²⁷ and attempts to force them to leave.28 In March 2009, for example, a China Maritime Surveillance patrol vessel intercepted the USNS Impeccable, a U.S. Navy vessel,²⁹ while it was conducting a military survey in China's EEZ.³⁰ The Impeccable was radioed by the Chinese patrol vessel and told that it shouldn't be operating "without the permission of the Chinese government."³¹