South China Sea Forum

[HongWu]

The 21th century modern warfare is about the weapons, the brave stone age people can never stand a chance against the technologically sophisticated army.

I would not call them "brave" -- we saw them go down without a fight in 1988!

China drives out Vietnam fishing vessels from South China sea | Firstpost

Chinese maritime surveillance vessels, which were aggressively patrolling the disputed waters in the South China Sea, today drove out two Vietnam- registered fishing ships, state media reported.

The Vietnamese vessels were spotted this morning in the South China Sea near the Xisha Islands, which Hanoi calls as Paracel islands.

“They were suspected of illegal fishing within China’s territorial waters,” state news agency Xinhua said, adding that “they were driven out of the waters by two China Marine Surveillance ships”.

China has stepped up patrols in the South China Sea last year and for the first time deployed a helicopter on board the ship.

The fleet is conducting regular patrols of the Xisha Islands, which are now administered by Sansha City, which was set up in July last year, the report said.

State-run CCTV reported Marine Surveillance detachment on a nine day patrol finished patrol of the Yongle Archipelago of the Xisha Islands this morning. Law enforcement personnel landed on nine islands of the Yongle Archipelago and a helicopter took aerial photos.

An official with the detachment said they will build files for the islands.

The Islands, along with the Zhongsha and Nansha Islands, are administered by China’s Sansha City.

This is China’s first such patrol around the Xishas since Sansha City was set up in July last year, the CCTV reported.

China has been asserting it territorial claims over South China Sea since last year countering the claims of Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia over a host of islands resulting in the tensions Beijing and these countries.

While stepping up patrols in the South China Sea China asserts that there is no threat to international shipping in the region.

Besides tensions in the South China Sea, China also experiencing heightened tensions with Japan over the disputes islands in the East China Sea.

 

[Rechoice]

Obama, Sultan of Brunei Discuss Asian Maritime Tensions

Kent Klein
March 12, 2013



WHITE HOUSE — President Barack Obama met with the visiting Sultan of Brunei Tuesday to discuss mediation of maritime disputes between several Asian countries.

Obama praised the Sultan as “a key leader in the Southeast Asian region” and thanked him for trying to ease tensions between China and Japan and the Philippines over ownership of islands in the South China and East China Seas. China has recently increased patrols near those islands.

Obama said Asian countries involved in the maritime disputes should abide rule of law and international standards to ease tensions in the region.

“His Majesty has shown great leadership in trying to bring the countries together, to make sure that everybody is abiding by basic precepts of rule of law and international standards, so that conflicts can be resolved peacefully and effectively, and that everybody is bought in to that kind of structure," Obama said.

The U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told lawmakers Tuesday that China’s tougher attitude in the maritime disputes is partly a response to the U.S. strategic “pivot” toward the Asia-Pacific region.

Addressing a U.S. Senate committee about his annual assessment of worldwide threats, Clapper said China’s new leaders are facing internal challenges that could grow into domestic unrest, so they are likely to maintain an uncompromising stance on foreign policy.

Clapper also said new leaders in Beijing, due to take office this week, see the increased U.S. attention to the Asia-Pacific as an attempt to undermine China’s position in the region.

U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon Monday denied any such intention of Washington’s policy shift.

The Asia-Pacific maritime disputes are likely to be discussed at the East Asia Summit and the U.S.-ASEAN Summit, both of which Brunei will host in October.

President Obama is expected to attend the U.S.-ASEAN gathering, which he said will deal with a wide range of issues, including trade and the world economy.

Obama pointed out that he is the ninth U.S. president to hold office during the Sultan’s 45-year reign. He also said the Sultan’s interest in aircraft makes him perhaps the only head of state to pilot his own Boeing 747 airliner to Washington.
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[Soryu]

I would not call them "brave" -- we saw them go down without a fight in 1988!

China drives out Vietnam fishing vessels from South China sea | Firstpost

So you don't have a brain that you think PLA did not take control all Islands when VN "go down without a fight in 1988" ( I'm sure it's same shjt about 1979 in your head... LOL )

 

[Rechoice]

Families of Vietnamese martyrs to visit Truong Sa for memorial

Vietnamese naval forces will organize a trip to the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago for the families of three soldiers who were killed during a Chinese attack on its reef in 1988.
The trip was proposed the Ho Chi Minh City-based Bien Dao Doan Tau Khong So Company after the family of soldier Doan Dac Hoach told Thanh Nien in an interview in May that they wanted to visit the place where their son died.

They plan to place flowers in the sea and burn incense to honor their son and his comrades.

The families of Hoach and the two other soldiers – Nguyen Thanh Hai and Bui Ba Kien -- will attend the trip, but more details have yet to be released.

The three soldiers died with 61 others on March 14, 1988 when Chinese soldiers launched a military assault against Gac Ma (Johnson South Reef or Chigua Reef), Len Dao (Lansdowne Reef) and Co Lin (Johnson North/Collins Reef) in a flagrant effort to seize the Spratly Islands and gain control over the entire East Sea.

Thanks to their brave resistance, Vietnam maintained its sovereignty over Len Dao and Co Lin, while China began its occupation of Gac Ma.

Thanh Nien newspaper, which has organized several meetings with the families of the martyrs nationwide to commemorate their sacrifice, is calling on contributions from local philanthropists to help the families of other slain soldiers have the same opportunity.

Earlier on July 2, Thanh Nien organized a ceremony to commemorate the sacrifice of two martyrs who died while protecting the DK1 oil platform from a typhoon in January of 1991.

At the ceremony held in the central province of Quang Binh, the newspaper, in collaboration with the Asia Foods Corporation, gave VND20 million (US$945) to each of the families of martyrs Pham Tao and Ho Cong Hien.

Tao and Hien were among nine naval sailors who died as the result of typhoons since the oil platform was built in July 1989 as a base designed to both provide support to fishermen and play a role in national defense.

Thanh Nien has recently also organized ceremonies for other soldiers throughout Vietnam, pledging money to their families.

Memoring for Vietnamese martyrs killed by Chinese aggressor in Gac Ma 25 year ago.
Photo link.
http://tinngan.vn/Truong-Sa-va-ky-uc-ve-tran-chien-25-nam-truoc_1-16-386858.html

 

[Viet]

Chinese teaching books for kids with “U-shaped line” confiscated


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Vietnam Net

Nhan Van bookstore looks like a library


VietNamNet Bridge -At least 2,000 books teaching Chinese language for children that are published and released in Vietnam were detected to include Chinese maps with the "U-shaped line."

On March 12, the authorities of District 10, HCM City, inspected the Nhan Van Bookstore, No. 875 Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, District 10, and discovered a Chinese book for children having a Chinese map with the "U-shaped line," which seriously violates Vietnam’s sovereignty.

The Nhan Van Bookstore showed a number of documents, including the decision of the HCM City General Publishing House signed on July 25, 2011, on the re-printing of the book, with 2,000 copies. The publishing partners of the book are the Education JSC and the Intelligent World Technology Company.

The bookstore also provided the copyright authorizing contract of the book between the A Dong Communications Co., Ltd., based in District 11 and the Nhan Van Culture Co., Ltd. in Tan Binh District.

The inspectors confiscated 132 books. The case will be reported to the HCM City authorities.

 

[Viet]

Vietnam wants stronger ASEAN-Japan defence ties


13/03/2013 | 21:26:00
Vietnam Net

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Japanese Vice Defence Minister Akinori Eto delivers speech at ASEAN–Japan defence cooperation conference in Tokyo. —Photo vov.vn

VN´s Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh


Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh has expressed his hope that ASEAN member nations and Japan will enhance links to ensure maritime security and comply with international law.

At the fourth deputy-ministerial level ASEAN–Japan defence cooperation conference in Tokyo on March 13, Vinh said countries should adopt a proper awareness of regional security, especially the interpretation and application of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and standardise behaviour to international law in an open and transparent manner to ensure maritime security and safety as well as peace in the region.

Major General Vu Tien Trong, Head of the Institute for Defence International Relations, said the event focuses its discussion on the emerging risks of maritime disputes, which require settlement via cooperation based on international law and the 1982 UNCLOS.

Participants at the event hailed Vietnam ’s role and contributions to regional defence and security cooperation over the past time.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses with senior defence officials from ASEAN countries for a photo at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on March 12, 2013.— Photo AFP/VNA


Japan pledges to work actively and responsibly within the framework of cooperation mechanisms like the ASEAN Regional Forum and the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus, Abe said.

 

[Viet]

Protest in Vietnam on anniversary of China clash


March 14, 2013 04:57 AM EST |
huffingtonpost

A man shouts anti-China slogans during a protest in Hanoi on June 5, 2011.

Protesters chant anti-China slogans while standing at a war martyrs monument during an anti-China protest in Hanoi on July 2012. Photo: REUTERS

Anti-China protesters shout anti-China slogans as they attend a flower-laying ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1988 naval battle between China and Vietnam near Spratly reefs, at a public park in Hanoi, on Thursday, March 14, 2013.-- PHOTO: REUTERS


HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese activists shouting anti-China slogans have marked the 25th anniversary of a bloody naval battle with China with a rare public protest.

State media covered the anniversary, but didn't report on the small protest, held Thursday at a statue of a nationalist leader in Hanoi. Vietnam's one-party government is vulnerable to charges that it is not tough enough on China and doesn't usually allow open protests.

Around 20 people staged the brief demonstration, shouting slogans against Beijing.

The clashes in 1988 in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea killed 64 Vietnamese troops. No Chinese were killed.

China's current assertiveness in pushing its territorial ambitions in the South China Sea is raising regional tensions. The Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia Taiwan and Vietnam all have claims in the waters.

 

[Viet]

A small group of 20 protesters voiced their anger against China, and this small group was large enough to draw international intention.
Many world media reported about the demonstration in Hanoi.

Rest in peace for our fallen soldiers

 

[cirr]

Part 1：
http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XNDc3Mjk0NDUy/v.swf

Part 2：
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[Soryu]

your video so hard to load, so I give up to view that shjt...

 

[eddieInUK]

Nationalism is on the way.

 

[Skyman]

Those are our islands and we just kicked out your ships. That's the only thing that matters. Protest all you want.

 

[HongWu]

They dropped into the water like rocks and didn't even get a chance to fire back. Just blown away like dummy targets.

 

[Zero_wing]

They dropped into the water like rocks and didn't even get a chance to fire back. Just blown away like dummy targets.

Really so you just admit to be there please tell us more on how you kill people?

 

[Soryu]

They dropped into the water like rocks and didn't even get a chance to fire back. Just blown away like dummy targets.

Did you know how many enemies we were kill to gain our independent, even you Chinese!?
And did you know how many dead body appeared when Japan occupied China!? I think you young buffalo crying like mad that Chinese fate in that time even worse than anyone in this world !?
But you like dead, huh. so let greeting those and laugh when time come up in years.