Spratly Islands News

[ManilaBoy45]

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I started this topic since there wasn't a dedicated one about this strategic maritime areas that are being disputed by 6 different countries, please refrain from going off-topic ... Thanks!

[ManilaBoy45]

Here are some recent news articles ...

NHK WORLD English

A tense face off between a PN patrol ship and a PLAN warship ...

Philippines to build pier in disputed Spratlys

Construction of a Pier on Pag-Asa island will proceed as plan ...

China Warns Against Joint Exercises in South China Seas | News | English

China warns against joint patrol or exercises in the contested areas ...

[dunhill]

ASIA nations must be united and turns it to become a pack to confront China. That's only choices SEA nations must do.

For now, Malysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore still remain silent. That is why China Maritime ships still going around SCS.

[kawaraj]

Mods, please remove this thread, certainly a flaming bait.

[ManilaBoy45]

ASIA nations must be united and turns it to become a pack to confront China. That's only choices SEA nations must do.

For now, Malysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore still remain silent. That is why China Maritime ships still going around SCS.

I Agree, but Indonesia and Singapore are not included from the 6 claimant nations of the Spratlys ...

[Battle of Bach Dang River]

Mods, please remove this thread, certainly a flaming bait.

I think we should face it to find solutions, better than trying to avoid it...

I Agree, but Indonesia and Singapore are not included from the 6 claimant nations of the Spratlys ...

It seems that Malaysia wants to keep quiet because there are Vietnam and the Philippines in the front line against the bad boy in the East Sea.
Indonesia is directly related to china's greedy nine-dotted line claims (Indonesia's EEZ). They never accept it...
Singapore also has interests in the East Sea, which is maritime security....

[ManilaBoy45]

I think we should face it to find solutions, better than trying to avoid it...

Exactly, and this topic is intended to be an information source of the current situations in the disputed areas ...

[NiceGuy]

31/03/2012 | 17:09:46
China holding a yacht race to the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, seriously violates Vietnam’s sovereignty, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi.

In response to the Hainan authorities organising a yacht race, called “the Sinan Cup” from Sanya to the archipelago on March 30, Nghi stated unequivocally that this is contrary to China’s commitment not to raise tensions in the East Sea.

“Vietnam is strongly against the race taking place and demands that China calls it off and complies with the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea in order to maintain peace and stability in the area,” he said.-VNA
VN condemns China violating sovereignty -- Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)

China must stop their "Sinan Cup” in Parracel now.

[Battle of Bach Dang River]

This is an article related to the East Sea:

ASEAN floundering over sea code of conduct | The Japan Times Online

ASEAN floundering over sea code of conduct
Monday, March 26, 2012

By MARK VALENCIA
Special to The Japan Times
KUALA LUMPUR — A rash of run-ins between China and rival Southeast Asian claimants to maritime space and islands in the South China Sea has prompted intensified negotiations on a formal code of conduct (CoC).
In 2002 the parties agreed on a political Declaration of Conduct (DoC) and finally in July 2011 on guidelines for its implementation — only after difficult negotiations. Both are weak and nonbinding and have not prevented incidents in the Sea, most of them involving China with other claimants. It is thus no surprise that China is not particularly keen on being bound by a robust code.

However, the parties embarked on a new round of negotiations in January 2012 and there was hope that a code could be agreed, presented and approved at the planned ASEAN-China summit in Phnom Penh in November 2012 — the 10th anniversary of the DoC. But given the political differences that must be bridged, many are skeptical that the target will be met then — if ever.

The political context raises more questions than answers. The U.S.-China competition for the "hearts and minds" of Southeast Asia has begun to overshadow and influence the disputes and the attempt by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to manage them.

It appears that, despite its denials and claims to neutrality, the United States has sided with the ASEAN claimants (its ally the Philippines, and Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam). Ironically, U.S. backing may make it more difficult for ASEAN and China to agree on a CoC because some claimants may be more assertive and even take riskier actions than they otherwise would, increasing instability in the South China Sea. Some even argue that this works to the U.S. advantage by pushing some ASEAN members toward the U.S.

The U.S. "pivot" toward Asia in foreign and defense policy, and the accompanying announced intention to place U.S. forces in Darwin, has unsettled the region.
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I started this topic since there wasn't a dedicated one about this strategic maritime areas that are being disputed by 6 different countries, please refrain from going off-topic ... Thanks!

I wonder how can ManilaBoy45 post a new thread, while you less than 50 posts.

[itaskol]

nothing can be changed in the next 10 years...

[ManilaBoy45]

nothing can be changed in the next 10 years...

What exactly are you trying to 'IMPLY' with your statement above ...

[T-Rex]

What exactly are you trying to 'IMPLY' with your statement above ...

And what is your real intention?

[itaskol]

What exactly are you trying to 'IMPLY' with your statement above ...

spratly islands are like chessman in chess game. and this chessman will not nessasery to be moved in the next 10 years or maybe longer.

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

ASIA nations must be united and turns it to become a pack to confront China. That's only choices SEA nations must do.

For now, Malysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore still remain silent. That is why China Maritime ships still going around SCS.

Starting with Vietnam..you seems to forget where you get your water from...LMAO..Sông Hồng or Red river ring any bell? Against us...you will the first to be collapsed.

[Fanling Monk]

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The OP is a false flagger who represent a country that wants hegemony in SCS. This said country already illegally occupies 28 shoals, which is more than the other 5 claimants combined, but is not satisfied and want them all. She sends her boys here to spread disharmonious feelings among the the participants and rallies them to back her against China.

How naive of them to think others don't see through their intentions.