Naturally, China is eager to exclude interference by extra-regional great powers, particularly the United States, preferring bilateral negotiations with weaker regional claimants that it can more easily dominate. Extra-regional powers, however, cite the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea – specifically, the freedom of navigation and the right of innocent passage – to justify their involvement.
中国自然急于排除区域外大国、尤其是美国的干扰，宁愿与更容易操纵的区域小国通过双边谈判解决问题。但区域外大国特别引用保障航行自由和无害通过权的联合国海洋法公约来证明自己有理由参与。