Int'l community raises concern over China's coast guard law, calling it verbal threat ANI | Updated: May 01, 2021 15:01 IST Hanoi [Vietnam], May 1 (ANI): International public opinion has raised concern over the oppressive Coast Guard Law of China, saying that Beijing uses the law to legalise its coast guard force's use of violence to serve the country's unilateral sovereignty claim in the East Sea (also known as the South China Sea). According to VNA, the Coast Guard Law of China was adopted at the 25th session of the Standing Committee of the country's 13th National People's Congress in late January and officially became effective on February 1.