South China Sea Forum

[beijingwalker]

Vietnam ocean rights draw Taiwan protest
By Joseph Yeh, The China Post
January 4, 2013, 12:02 am TWN

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday issued a strong protest against a newly adopted Vietnamese law that lays claim to two disputed island chains in the South China Sea, a MOFA official said yesterday.

The Vietnamese Ocean law that officially took effect on Jan. 1 lists the Paracel islands and the Spratly islands as Vietnamese territory. The legislation concerns the management and development of Vietnam's territorial waters and exclusive economic zones.

Asked to comment, MOFA spokesman Steve Hsia yesterday called the move “illegal and void.”

He reiterated the Republic of China's sovereignty claim over the two island chains, stressing that the South East Asian country's “unilateral” move will not be recognized by the Taiwan government.

The Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands, known respectively as the Nansha Islands (南沙群&#23798 and the Shisha Islands (西沙群&#23798 in Taiwan, as well as their surrounding waters, sea beds, and subsoil, are an inherent part of the territory of the R.O.C., he noted.

The Taiwanese government has expressed its severe protest to Vietnam's representative office, he added.

Taiwan reiterates that it maintains the principles of “safeguarding sovereignty, shelving disputes, pursuing peace and reciprocity, and promoting joint exploration,” and is willing to work with other countries involved to harvest the resources of the South China Sea, he said.

The law was initially passed by Vietnam's legislature in June, 2012, and it officially took effect Jan. 1.

China, which also claims the two island chains, also condemned the Vietnamese move on Dec. 31, 2012 as “illegal and void.”

 

[beijingwalker]

Compatriots across Taiwan Strait should work together to protect sovereignty: FM
(Xinhua)
08:17, September 25, 2012

BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry on Monday said that compatriots across the Taiwan Strait should work together to protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity, placing the Chinese nation's sense of honor at the forefront.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks during a regular press briefing when commenting on a question about Taiwanese fishing boats sailing to the Diaoyu Islands.

Hong added that compatriots from both sides of the Strait should jointly safeguard the overall and fundamental interests of the Chinese nation.

China's resolve and will to safeguard its national territorial integrity is firm, Hong said, noting that Chinese maritime surveillance ships have been patrolling and conducting law enforcement activities, and will continue to do so, in waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands in an exercise of the country's jurisdiction.

 

[EastSea]

Vietnam protests Taiwan’s moves in Spratly
Last Updated: Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:00:00

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s National Border Committee on Wednesday condemned Taiwan’s plan to extend a runway on Ba Binh Island in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, which is sovereign Vietnamese territory..
A spokesman for Vietnam’s National Border Committee said Vietnam has sufficient legal and historical evidence to affirm its sovereignty over the Truong Sa and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos.

"Activities by parties in the Truong Sa archipelago without Vietnam's permission violate Vietnam's sovereignty and international laws, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and go against the spirit of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) while also causing tension in the East Sea," he said.

The committee also warned Taiwan to desist from such activities in future.

 

[Rechoice]

@ beijimhwalker

The photo is related to Senkaku Islands of Japan.

The fate of 14 Diaoyu Island activist compatriots in Japan has affected the hearts of our countrymen. This reporter learned from the Foreign Ministry that yesterday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Deputy Minister Zhang Zhijun called Japanese Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Kenichiro Sasae and once again raised solemn protests and negotiations concerning Japan’s illegal detainment of Chinese citizens and ships, pressing the Japanese side to immediately and unconditionally release both persons and ships, and requesting the Japanese side He urged the Japanese side to ensure the safety, dignity, and basic rights of the Chinese activists.

Japan To Deport & Return 14 Hong Kong Diaoyu Island Activists – chinaSMACK

 

[Viet]

vietnamese soldiers patrol an island in truong-sa-spratly-archipelago

 

[Zero_wing]

@ beijimhwalker

The photo is related to Senkaku Islands of Japan.

The fate of 14 Diaoyu Island activist compatriots in Japan has affected the hearts of our countrymen. This reporter learned from the Foreign Ministry that yesterday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Deputy Minister Zhang Zhijun called Japanese Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Kenichiro Sasae and once again raised solemn protests and negotiations concerning Japan’s illegal detainment of Chinese citizens and ships, pressing the Japanese side to immediately and unconditionally release both persons and ships, and requesting the Japanese side He urged the Japanese side to ensure the safety, dignity, and basic rights of the Chinese activists.

Japan To Deport & Return 14 Hong Kong Diaoyu Island Activists – chinaSMACK

This how to handle chinese arrogance

 

[Vitchilo]

China is at it again...
Chinese plane again spotted near Senkaku Islands | Kyodo News

Chinese plane again spotted near Senkaku Islands

A Chinese government airplane was again spotted Saturday near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said the Y12 propeller plane belonging to China's State Oceanic Administration flew in airspace about 100 kilometers away from the islets, which Beijing claims and calls Diaoyu.

The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled fighter jets after noticing the Chinese plane in the area in the morning, the ministry said, adding it did not enter Japanese airspace.

China is so weak, they won't even send the plane in the Senkaku's airspace. Who's spanking who again?

 

[Viet]

one of Vietnamese observation posts in the SCS - near spratlys

 

[haidian]

Vietnamese Complain As Chinese 3G Comes to Disputed Spratly Islands
Jan 7, 2013 at 17:22 PM by Anh-Minh Do, in Asia

In the ongoing dispute over the Spratly Islands claimed by China and Vietnam, the latest development is that China is opening up 3G services on the islands, not only to Chinese soldiers but also for the country’s fishermen.

The development will be yet another drop of lemon in the souring of Sino-Vietnamese relations in the past year. The Vietnamese government even voiced its complaint on nguyentandung.org, the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s website. The island disputes recently ignited with anti-China protests in May 2011 after Chinese patrol boats attacked two Vietnamese oil exploration ships near the Spratly Islands.

Chinese soldiers and fishermen will now be able to text message, call, and chat online with family back home over the new 3G network. This upgrade to 3G from regular cellular coverage (started in 2011) and the recent 3G network in the disputed Paracel Islands in July 2012 signals a more permanent Chinese presence on the rocky outposts.


This news comes just a couple of weeks after a Chinese computer game was banned in Vietnam for showing the contested islands as being Chinese in the in-game maps.

The Spratly Islands are claimed by six different countries in total, including Brunei, the People’s Republic of China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

 

[rashid.sarwar]

What if any would be a peaceful solution for this dispute???

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

What if any would be a peaceful solution for this dispute???

Speak'eth good english please

& Yes, a peaceful solution must be found.

 

[NiceGuy]

Speak'eth good english please

& Yes, a peaceful solution must be find.

I'm pretty sure that there's No such kind of "a peaceful solution " for the invader to our sovereignty

As I told u guys here, war may start at about mid 2013. Just wait and see.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Just install high powered cell phone jammers in those area, problem solved.

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

I'm pretty sure that there's No such kind of "a peaceful solution " for the invader to our sovereignty

As I told u guys here, war may start at about mid 2013. Just wait and see.

Only if you have exhausted every options. I still believe that the Pen is mightier than the sword.

 

[SinoChallenger]

I'm pretty sure that there's No such kind of "a peaceful solution " for the invader to our sovereignty

As I told u guys here, war may start at about mid 2013. Just wait and see.

Good. When PLA tanks roll into Hanoi, Chinese companies can set up factories for cheap local labor and make lots of money.