Well, It's Something

While we still have the problem of aggressive Chinese behavior, at least there is less chance that a war could be triggered when China doesn't decide to initiate a conflict.

We did something like this with the Soviets during the Cold War (when "chicken of the sea" games risked a shooting war):

China, the United States, Japan and more than a dozen other Asia-Pacific countries have signed a naval agreement aimed at ensuring miscommunication between ships at sea does not escalate into conflict.

The Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, which was agreed Tuesday in the eastern port city of Qingdao, would reduce the potential for "situations to arise that could lead to conflict in busy sea lanes", the state-run China Daily said.

So this is good.