Guardians of Peace: China's PLA to conduct live-ammunition drill in South China Sea

[Solomon2]

Show us the letter。

Date of most recent addition: 29 October 2013

Declarations and statements
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China​

Upon ratification (7 June 1996) 1/:

In accordance with the decision of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China at its nineteenth session, the President of the People's Republic of China has hereby ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 and at the same time made the following statement:

1. In accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the People's Republic of China shall enjoy sovereign rights and jurisdiction over an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles and the continental shelf.

2. The People's Republic of China will effect, through consultations, the delimitation of the boundary of the maritime jurisdiction with the States with coasts opposite or adjacent to China respectively on the basis of international law and in accordance with the principle of equitability.

3. The People's Republic of China reaffirms its sovereignty over all its archipelagos and islands as listed in article 2 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the territorial sea and the contiguous zone, which was promulgated on 25 February 1992.

4. The People's Republic of China reaffirms that the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea concerning innocent passage through the territorial sea shall not prejudice the right of a coastal State to request, in accordance with its laws and regulations, a foreign State to obtain advance approval from or give prior notification to the coastal State for the passage of its warships through the territorial sea of the coastal State.

Declaration made after ratification (25 August 2006)

Declaration under article 298:

The Government of the People's Republic of China does not accept any of the procedures provided for in Section 2 of Part XV of the Convention with respect to all the categories of disputes referred to in paragraph 1 (a) (b) and (c) of Article 298 of the Convention.

 

[TheTheoryOfMilitaryLogistics]

Date of most recent addition: 29 October 2013

Declarations and statements
....

China​

Upon ratification (7 June 1996) 1/:

In accordance with the decision of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China at its nineteenth session, the President of the People's Republic of China has hereby ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 and at the same time made the following statement:

1. In accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the People's Republic of China shall enjoy sovereign rights and jurisdiction over an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles and the continental shelf.

2. The People's Republic of China will effect, through consultations, the delimitation of the boundary of the maritime jurisdiction with the States with coasts opposite or adjacent to China respectively on the basis of international law and in accordance with the principle of equitability.

3. The People's Republic of China reaffirms its sovereignty over all its archipelagos and islands as listed in article 2 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the territorial sea and the contiguous zone, which was promulgated on 25 February 1992.

4. The People's Republic of China reaffirms that the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea concerning innocent passage through the territorial sea shall not prejudice the right of a coastal State to request, in accordance with its laws and regulations, a foreign State to obtain advance approval from or give prior notification to the coastal State for the passage of its warships through the territorial sea of the coastal State.

Declaration made after ratification (25 August 2006)

Declaration under article 298:

The Government of the People's Republic of China does not accept any of the procedures provided for in Section 2 of Part XV of the Convention with respect to all the categories of disputes referred to in paragraph 1 (a) (b) and (c) of Article 298 of the Convention.

I am sorry,I think you misunderstand this letter.
Where is the content which describe as

China's sea boundaries are whatever China's Communist Party deems them to be.

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[Solomon2]

I am sorry,I think you misunderstand this letter.
Where is the content which describe as
?

The Treaty was only signed "in accordance with" the Peoples' Congress under the attached understandings: that without regard to the rest of the Treaty the areas under Chinese sovereignty are denoted in Chinese law (the murky "nine-dash line"), that contested islands within the 200-mile economic zone are defined as Chinese (regardless of their history or claims of other countries and contravening other provisions of the treaty), and that - uniquely - passage of foreign warships through the "territorial sea" must have the approval of China (while the passage of Chinese warships through Philippine, Singaporean, Japanese, and Indonesian 200-mile waters does not need the approval of their respective countries.)

When it became clear this letter meant modifying China's economic zone to include all the trappings of national sovereignty - that China regarded the treaty as nothing less than a sea grab to China's exclusive benefit - China added the last proviso rejecting all international mechanisms for resolving disagreements with China - only bilateral arrangements are acceptable, with China as the bully in the room, its diplomats forbidden by Chinese law to even acknowledge that sovereignty claims by other countries could be valid.

 

[Viet]

guardians of what?
I'm not aware of chinese have humour.

 

[TaiShang]

guardians of what?
I'm not aware of chinese have humour.

You will understand when one day you come into the arms of the rising dragon.

 

[Zero_wing]

Man i love the stupid title so the opposite

 

[Solomon2]

guardians of what?
I'm not aware of chinese have humour.

You will understand when one day you come into the arms of the rising dragon.

Viet, TaiShang's point is that in a tyranny words mean whatever authority says they mean; there is no meaning independent of political authority. Why do the Chinese communists refer to their sea grabbing as guardianship? Because they can. That's the joke.

 

[Jlaw]

hopefully there is no signal for WW III.

Great powers will use countries like Vietnam as cannon fodders for major war, don't you worry.

 

[Rechoice]

We need small countries for target practice before that

so PLAN did fired on Canton first.

Great powers will use countries like Vietnam as cannon fodders for major war, don't you worry.

China making the trouble. Japan has changed the legislation, so knife is inear on your neck. Idiot Chinese !

 

[terranMarine]

so PLAN did fired on Canton first.



China making the trouble. Japan has changed the legislation, so knife is inear on your neck. Idiot Chinese !

No you baboon, Japan isn't holding a knife on our neck. Go ask @Nihonjin1051 if Japan dare in the first place

 

[Aepsilons]

Great powers will use countries like Vietnam as cannon fodders for major war, don't you worry.

Herein lies the main point tho; Vietnam defeated all those whom it went to war with , however.

1. French (War of Independence)
   
2. American (Vietnam War)
   
3. Chinese (1979 Sino Vietnam War)
   
4. Khmer (Khmer Rouge War, & subsequent occupation of Cambodia form 1978 to 1991)
5. Thai (vis-a-vis proxy Lao-Thai Border War)

Take home point: The Viets are small, the Viets may even be considered 'backwards' or 'undeveloped' , but they know how to fight, and fight damn hard. "Small but Terrible"

 

[terranMarine]

Herein lies the main point tho; Vietnam defeated all those whom it went to war with , however.

1. French (War of Independence)
   
2. American (Vietnam War)
   
3. Chinese (1979 Sino Vietnam War)
   
4. Khmer (Khmer Rouge War, & subsequent occupation of Cambodia form 1978 to 1991)
5. Thai (vis-a-vis proxy Lao-Thai Border War)

Take home point: The Viets are small, the Viets may even be considered 'backwards' or 'undeveloped' , but they know how to fight, and fight damn hard. "Small but Terrible"

Thanks to China, VN can go on fighting during the Vietnam War. If it wasn't for us the Americans would have an easy time defeating these Vietcongs. Lets not forget how Japan defeated VN in WW2, you should feel proud of this victory over them

 

[Aepsilons]

Thanks to China, VN can go on fighting during the Vietnam War. If it wasn't for us the Americans would have an easy time defeating these Vietcongs. Lets not forget how Japan defeated VN in WW2, you should feel proud of this victory over them

It wasn't entirely just the Chinese, much of the military aide Vietnam received was from the Soviet Union; and sure the sacrifices and contributions of the People's Republic of China can't be forgotten as the Vietnam Theater was a proxy war between the Western and the Communist Block. It was as much to China's interest as it was to North Vietnam's that South Vietnam be conquered as having a Pro-West South Vietnam would be a problem long term wise.

As for Japan's invasion of French Indochina; yes, well that's not something we should be too proud of since the brutal military occupation of French Indochina by the Imperial Army led to the deaths of over 2 million Vietnamese, Khmers, Laotians (combined).

 

[terranMarine]

It wasn't entirely just the Chinese, much of the military aide Vietnam received was from the Soviet Union; and sure the sacrifices and contributions of the People's Republic of China can't be forgotten as the Vietnam Theater was a proxy war between the Western and the Communist Block. It was as much to China's interest as it was to North Vietnam's that South Vietnam be conquered as having a Pro-West South Vietnam would be a problem long term wise.

As for Japan's invasion of French Indochina; yes, well that's not something we should be too proud of since the brutal military occupation of French Indochina by the Imperial Army led to the deaths of over 2 million Vietnamese, Khmers, Laotians (combined).

Not to forget how long China had ruled Vietnam, even the French were the masters for quite some time. And with Japan easily crushing the Viets it is once again proven they are not as tough as you portray them to be. Sure they can fight but invincible? Don't think so.

 

[XiangLong]

A knife ? No. China is a voluptuous femme fatal that Japan just can't have enough of. Japan is most likely holding a boquet of roses on this voluptuous Chinese vixen. Booty and all.

Its a 'love and hate' relationship, to put it to words. Japan is addicted to China, lol.

Does that make sense?

Love doesn't have to make sense! I mean, how can you stay mad at her? Even if she were to punch you in the face with her steel fists of Type 99 MBTs???

Also on a sidenote... I don't know if I am pushing a grey area here when it comes to PDF's policy on ''nudity''. Any comment @waz?