South China Sea Forum

[opruh]

And the comment of this president has Zero weight to the matter.

 

[The BrOkEn HeArT]

Indonesian president: China's main claim in South China Sea has no legal basis | News | GMA News Online

Its not about military power, its about voice. And Indonesian sound loud in their region.

 

[dichoi]

And the comment of this president has Zero weight to the matter.

This president of 250 mill people in Asean. He does not telling a joke to Chinese.

 

[opruh]

This president of 250 mill people in Asean. He does not telling a joke to Chinese.

And the president of 1.3 Billion in Asia has a different opinion.

Its not about military power, its about voice. And Indonesian sound loud in their region.

China's sound is louder.

 

[Beast]

Indonesian president widodo is an admirer of China president Xi.

He sunk all other countries illegal fishing boat except China one. It is a mark of respect to China. I believe he say all this is just for foreign consumption like Japan. So far Indonesian has not officially say anything against China in SCS.

We shall be wary of foreign sources trying to create distort.

 

[Place Of Space]

Widodo got drunk?

 

[baukiki88]

China welcomes Indonesian offer to help resolve South China Sea disputes
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore and James Hardy, London - IHS Jane's Navy International
25 March 2015


China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to Indonesia's latest offer to mediate the South China Sea disputes by saying it stands ready to work with relevant countries to maintain peace and stability in the region.

An Antara news report on 24 March cited President Joko Widodo as saying that Indonesia could be a good mediator in resolving the South China Sea disputes and that the country would offer its services if required.

Responding to a question on the report during a regular press conference on 25 March, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying affirmed that it is important for China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to reach a consensus on how to implement the South China Sea code of conduct.

 

[ahojunk]

China Slams Philippines For South China Sea ‘Hypocrisy’ | The Diplomat

China Slams Philippines For South China Sea ‘Hypocrisy’
Beijing turns the tables on Manila for resuming works in the South China Sea.
By Prashanth Parameswaran
March 27, 2015

China slammed the Philippines for its hypocrisy on the South China Sea after Manila said that it would resume repair and reconstruction works there, news outlets reported Friday.

While the Philippines had halted such activities last year and suggested other countries do so as well because it was concerned about potential effects on its ongoing legal case against China, Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario had said Thursday that it would resume some activities. The move came amid massive Chinese land reclamation efforts there which Philippine officials say is designed to bolster Beijing’s territorial claims and alter the status quo before any legal verdict is even reached by the arbitral tribunal at The Hague.

But on Friday, China used del Rosario’s comments as an opportunity to turn the tables on the Philippines. According to Reuters, foreign policy spokesman Hua Chunying said China was now “seriously concerned” by Manila’s decision to resume works in the South China Sea, which was both an infringement of Beijing’s sovereignty and hypocritical.

“On the one hand the Philippines makes unreasonable criticism about China’s normal building activities on its own isles, and on the other announces it will resume repairs on an airport, runway and other illegal constructions on China’s Spratly Islands, which it illegally occupies,” Hua said.

“This is not only a series infringement of China’s sovereignty, but it also exposes the Philippines’ hypocrisy,” she noted at a news briefing. She also called on the Philippines to withdraw from the islands.

Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario had emphasized Thursday in his remarks that the Philippines would only be proceeding on repair and maintenance in the South China Sea, and such works – which would include repairs on an airstrip – would not violate the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea because it did not alter the status quo dramatically.

“We are taking the position that we can proceed with the repair and maintenance,” del Rosario said according to Reuters.

This was in stark contrast to China’s massive land reclamation activities, which del Rosario said aimed to change the status quo and enforce its infamous nine-dash line claim to control almost the whole South China Sea.

“China is accelerating its expansionist agenda and changing the status quo to actualize its nine-dash line claim and to control nearly the entire South China Sea before…the handing down of a decision of the arbitral tribunal on the Philippine submission,” he said.

 

[Zero_wing]

China Slams Philippines For South China Sea ‘Hypocrisy’ | The Diplomat

China Slams Philippines For South China Sea ‘Hypocrisy’
Beijing turns the tables on Manila for resuming works in the South China Sea.
By Prashanth Parameswaran
March 27, 2015

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China slammed the Philippines for its hypocrisy on the South China Sea after Manila said that it would resume repair and reconstruction works there, news outlets reported Friday.

While the Philippines had halted such activities last year and suggested other countries do so as well because it was concerned about potential effects on its ongoing legal case against China, Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario had said Thursday that it would resume some activities. The move came amid massive Chinese land reclamation efforts there which Philippine officials say is designed to bolster Beijing’s territorial claims and alter the status quo before any legal verdict is even reached by the arbitral tribunal at The Hague.

But on Friday, China used del Rosario’s comments as an opportunity to turn the tables on the Philippines. According to Reuters, foreign policy spokesman Hua Chunying said China was now “seriously concerned” by Manila’s decision to resume works in the South China Sea, which was both an infringement of Beijing’s sovereignty and hypocritical.

“On the one hand the Philippines makes unreasonable criticism about China’s normal building activities on its own isles, and on the other announces it will resume repairs on an airport, runway and other illegal constructions on China’s Spratly Islands, which it illegally occupies,” Hua said.

“This is not only a series infringement of China’s sovereignty, but it also exposes the Philippines’ hypocrisy,” she noted at a news briefing. She also called on the Philippines to withdraw from the islands.

Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario had emphasized Thursday in his remarks that the Philippines would only be proceeding on repair and maintenance in the South China Sea, and such works – which would include repairs on an airstrip – would not violate the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea because it did not alter the status quo dramatically.

“We are taking the position that we can proceed with the repair and maintenance,” del Rosario said according to Reuters.

This was in stark contrast to China’s massive land reclamation activities, which del Rosario said aimed to change the status quo and enforce its infamous nine-dash line claim to control almost the whole South China Sea.

“China is accelerating its expansionist agenda and changing the status quo to actualize its nine-dash line claim and to control nearly the entire South China Sea before…the handing down of a decision of the arbitral tribunal on the Philippine submission,” he said.

The chinese imperialist so funny they been building islands from rock and reefs destorying nature while we going to repair old airstrips and facilities and they crying foul wow they have the nerve to call us hypocrites?

 

[ahojunk]

kibitz = to watch other people and make unwanted comments about what they are doing
in other words, "an unwanted interfering busybody"
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Commentary: America the Kibitzer on South China Sea
- Xinhua | English.news.cn

Commentary: America the Kibitzer on South China Sea
English.news.cn 2015-03-21 14:10:24

BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Uncle Sam has long been in the grip of many addictions, such as muscle-flexing, preaching and borrowing, but there has turned out to be one more: kibitzing.

The latest symptom of the obsession with unwanted counseling emerged into plain sight earlier this week, when Robert Thomas, commander of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet, whose country is not a party in the South China Sea disputes, advised ASEAN countries to form a combined maritime force for joint South China Sea patrols and even called for more Japanese involvement.

The urge for presumptuous commenting escalated to a call for naked intervention on Thursday, as a handful of U.S. big-name senators, in a letter to State Secretary John Kerry and Defense Secretary Ash Carter, wrongfully pointed an accusing finger at China and clamored for a U.S. strategy to stop what is actually China's legitimate activity in South China Sea.

Such outside kibitzing, not to mention outright meddling, is way out of line for a party that has publicly committed itself not to taking sides on the South China Sea disputes, which are between China and some Southeast Asian nations.

That borders on double-dealing. The commander's proposal smacks of a thinly veiled attempt to cobble together a coalition on the opposite side of China, and the senators' cry sounds like a scheme to stoke misunderstanding and mistrust in a region where Washington is bent on keeping its hegemonic presence.

But the machination is fraught with faulty assumptions and doomed to fail. For starters, one troublemaker cannot alter the overwhelming commitment of parties involved in the South China Sea disputes to safeguarding regional stability and solving the issue through peaceful means.

Southeast Asian countries are clear-eyed enough to see through the U.S. calculus and perceive the hidden agenda behind Washington's overt enthusiasm, and thus refrain from being led astray by the pied piper of the United States.

Meanwhile, despite the incessant hyping of the "China threat" cliche, the freedom of navigation at South China Sea has never been a problem. The true risk is that relentless exaggeration might someday achieve its sinister goal of sowing discord and eventually throw up waves in the busy body of water.

Thus what Washington should focus on is not the "alarming scope and pace of" what China is doing, but the "alarming scope and pace of" the U.S. meddling, not least the emboldening effect of its "pivot to Asia" strategy on certain hotheads around the South China Sea.

It is high time that Uncle Sam stop making irresponsible remarks and retract his meddlesome hands, so as to allow the parties directly involved in the South China Sea disputes to proceed in their own peaceful way.

 

[BoQ77]

The chinese imperialist so funny they been building islands from rock and reefs destorying nature while we going to repair old airstrips and facilities and they crying foul wow they have the nerve to call us hypocrites?

We all know that PH used to be owners of those since ancient time.

 

[opruh]

The chinese imperialist so funny they been building islands from rock and reefs destorying nature while we going to repair old airstrips and facilities and they crying foul wow they have the nerve to call us hypocrites?

We Filipinos are an honest people, we should not be a hypocrite.

 

[Martian2]

China creating 'great wall of sand' near disputed islands: U.S. Adm. Harry Harris Jr. - Washington Times

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[cirr]

3980-ton CCG 2308 with electric propulsion handed over to the East Sea branch of China Coast Guard on 31.03.2015

The last of 8 built。

中国海警2308船在沪交接入列 配先进电力推进(图)-中新网

 

[Rechoice]

China creating 'great wall of sand' near disputed islands: U.S. Adm. Harry Harris Jr. - Washington Times

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It is signal for that US navy could destroy such illegal artifact islands in SCS.