China Losing ‘South China Sea Battle’

[Fil Pacifist]

It looks like if you take a dip in the water off Malaysian or Brunei beaches you are tresspassing in China's waters.

Just imagine how absurd this claim is.
Americans should be wary.
China may claim the Americas too.

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China map lays claim to Americas

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

it's better if a political solution is reached - but according to news reports i'm seeing, China seems to have South China Sea under good control. . .

China's very assertive when it comes to this issue, they've stood their ground it seems.

 

[Zero_wing]

it's better if a political solution is reached - but according to news reports i'm seeing, China seems to have South China Sea under good control. . .

China's very assertive when it comes to this issue, they've stood their ground it seems.

Under control hahahahaha!!!

 

[gambit]

There's something called continuity of government. Just as Russia inherited all treaty obligations and claims from the USSR, and USSR inherited all treaty obligations from Czarist Russia, PRC inherited all treaty obligations and claims from the ROC, and the ROC inherited all treaty obligations from the Qing Dynasty. That's why both ROC and PRC honored Qing Dynasty's treaty with Britain regarding HK, and we are keeping the ROC's claims on the South China Sea.

In fact, it would be illegal and unprecedented for the PRC to NOT stand our ground on our territorial affairs.

Convenient that this 'continuity of government' omit Taiwan. As in independence.

 

[Zero_wing]

this article is really a crap and not worth refuting

But its the truth and the truth hurts

It's not in your backyard. The Philippines is in China's backyard.

See this your problem! your arrogant! your ancestors were like this and that's how the west kick your behinds this how the Japanese kick your behind and this how the world will kick your @$$ in the Next war sure keep it up.

Peaceful rise my @$$

Man, the Manila Times website is so low-budget - it looks like it was designed by a bunch a monkeys. Is this really the premier pinoy news publication?

Better have truthful newspaper than poor excuses of a lair mouth piece

200 nautical mile EEZ rule does not have any say on the issue of sovereignty. The islands belong to China by historical claim. That alone is sufficient.

maybe in planet china in opium Universe but not on planet earth we have something called the UNCLOS and under it like Archipelago doctrine, Continental shelf, Contiguous zone. Not in your life now i know why china is so afraid to go to the UN because its claims are for other planets.

 

[Sin Pateh]

see how the world teaming up to aginst bully china...even communist like vietnam or nk don't give a damn sympathy to big bad "dragon"....it's really fun to watch nationalists korean, japanense, or commie vietnam and north korea trying to tear china to piece. oh hell la, what so called giant dragon supwerpower now is under the invasion and raping of smaller neighbors but can't say a bit of words in return.

don't blame us indian, we have done anything yet!

 

[Hasbara Buster]

China=Paper Tiger.

India = Paper Mouse?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

For sure, China has alwasy been verbally defeated by the anti-China fanboys, but in reality China now does start to retake the control of the SCS.

Now China has just reclaimed its Huangyan Island.

 

[Valek]

India = Paper Mouse?

With a country named like yours, you should refrain from making fun animal analogies of other countries. Just saying.

 

[EastSea]

For sure, China has alwasy been verbally defeated by the anti-China fanboys, but in reality China now does start to retake the control of the SCS.

Now China has just reclaimed its Huangyan Island.

No "retake", china didn't taken it in the past.

 

[Fanling Monk]

China's first deep-water pipe-laying crane vessel will set sail on its maiden voyage Saturday, the ship, CNOOC 201, was developed by China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC). It is an auto-navigation crane vessel with a capacity of laying pipes at a maximum underwater depth of 3,000 meters and hoisting 4,000 metric tons of weight.

China's pipe-laying ship to sail for South China Sea


China begins to build oil/gas infrastructures in SCS with her first mega submersible already in place.

 

[shuttler]

CNOOC 201, was developed by China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC). It is an auto-navigation crane vessel with a capacity of laying pipes at a maximum underwater depth of 3,000 meters and hoisting 4,000 metric tons of weight

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Graphical dissectional presentation of CNOOC 201's key structure on deck:
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[video]http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjk1NjQ3NjM2.html[/video]

 

[Battle of Bach Dang River]

it's better if a political solution is reached - but according to news reports i'm seeing, China seems to have South China Sea under good control. . .

China's very assertive when it comes to this issue, they've stood their ground it seems.

Yeap, but instead of using a political solution, China who seek to use its muscle power to trample on international laws.
All the places in the East Sea (SCS), where she wants to expand by sending warships to, it was controlled legally by other countries. That is the reason to cause events such as Scarborough Shoal stand-off stand-off stand-off stand-off stand-off stand-off recently...

 

[Battle of Bach Dang River]

For sure, China has alwasy been verbally defeated by the anti-China fanboys, but in reality China now does start to retake the control of the SCS.

Now China has just reclaimed its Huangyan Island.

ROC did not control any island in the Paracels and Spratlys before 1946. Previously, Vietnam has controlled two archipelagos completely, then colonized by the French, then occupied by Japan since 1938.
Taking advantage of the Allies assigned to disarm the Japanese army, Chiang Kai-shek had illegally occupied some islands of two archipelagos since 1946.

PRC used force to rob all the Paracel Islands from Vietnam in 1974 and some reefs of the Spratly Islands from Vietnam in 1988.

Thus, before 1946 Chinese (both ROC and PRC) did not control over any location in two archipelagos.

So why do Chinese often say that it "retake" the islands?

BTW: Where is Huangyan Island?

 

[Fanling Monk]

In 1958, the People's Republic of China (PRC) issued a declaration defining its territorial waters within what is known as the nine-dotted line which encompassed the Spratly Islands. North Vietnam's prime minister, Phạm Văn Đồng, sent a diplomatic letter to China’s prime minister, Zhou Enlai, stating that "The Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam respects this decision. "The diplomatic note was written on September 14 and was publicized on Nhan Dan newspaper (Vietnam) on September 22, 1958.

Based on the above, the government in Hanoi today is the younger generation of the same government then in 1958, they need to honor that agreement. Then, there should be no territorial water dispute between Vietnam and China. It was settled in 1958; Vietnam agreed that they belong to China.


That's why Vietnam has been very quiet on the dispute with China concerning SCS because she already illegally occupied 40 islands, but at the same time she is egging Philippines on in fighting with China.