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THE PRESENCE OF A CHINESE SURVEY SHIP IN SOUTH CHINA SEA TERRITORY CLAIMED BY VIETNAM HAS LED TO A STAND-OFF BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES』 COASTGUARD VESSELS. PHOTO: CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
FILE - IN THIS FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019, FILE PHOTO, FORMER PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SECRETARY ALBERT DEL ROSARIO DELIVERS HIS SPEECH DURING A FORUM ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN METROPOLITAN MANILA, PHILIPPINES. HE SAID THAT PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE"S FAILURE TO SEEK CHINESE COMPLIANCE WITH AN ARBITRATION RULING HAS RESULTED IN "MORE UNLAWFUL ACTS OF INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA." (AP PHOTO/AARON FAVILA, FILE)
“THE EXECUTION OF THESE EXERCISES WILL ASSURE THE MARITIME COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA, THAT THE RMN AND THE MALAYSIAN ARMED FORCES STAND READY TO UPHOLD PEACE AND DEFEND THEIR INTERESTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.”
CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE COAST GUARD VESSELS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN ENGAGED IN A WEEKLONG CONFRONTATION AROUND VANGUARD BANK IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. THE STANDOFF WAS ALLEGEDLY SPARKED WHEN THE CHINESE SURVEY SHIP HAIYANG DIZHI 8 ENTERED THE AREA ON JULY 3 TO CARRY OUT A MAPPING MISSION. THE SHIP WAS ESCORTED BY SEVERAL CHINESE COAST GUARD VESSELS AND MARITIME MILITIA SHIPS, AS WELL AS DOZENS OF MERCHANT MARINE VESSELS. SOME OF THESE MERCHANT VESSELS ARE BELIEVED TO BELONG TO SOME OF ITS STATE-OWNED ENERGY GIANTS, INCLUDING THE CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORP. (CNPC) AND THE CHINA NATIONAL OFFSHORE OIL CORP. (CNOOC). 
SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE INCIDENTS IN RECENT MONTHS HAVE SPOTLIGHTED THE INCREASED DANGERS OF FISHING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. IN MARCH, VIETNAM ACCUSED A CHINESE COAST GUARD VESSEL OF SINKING A FISHING BOAT NEAR THE PARACEL ISLANDS. THEN LAST MONTH A CHINESE VESSEL COLLIDED WITH A PHILIPPINE TRAWLER NEAR THE ISLANDS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH, LEAVING 22 FILIPINO FISHERMEN STRANDED AT SEA.
REAR ADMIRAL LOU YUAN, DEPUTY HEAD OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF MILITARY SCIENCES, HAS TOLD AN AUDIENCE IN SHENZHEN THAT THE ONGOING DISPUTES OVER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE EAST AND SOUTH CHINA SEAS COULD BE RESOLVED BY SINKING TWO U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.
BY CONTRAST, VIETNAM DOESN』T SHARE BEIJING』S VIEW THAT THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS CHINA』S OWN SEA. PART OF IT BELONGS TO VIETNAM, AND IT HAS A STRATEGY TO DEFEND EVERY INCH OF IT, AS EVIDENCED BY THE RECENT NAVAL STAND-OFF BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
ADMITTING THAT THE CHINESE MOD SPEAKS THE TRUTH (MEANING THESE LAUNCHES ARE INDEED PART OF THE ANNUAL TRAINING PLAN OF THE CHINESE ROCKET FORCE AND NOT SOME KIND OF ANSWER TO THE COMBINED OPERATION OF THE REAGAN CSG CONDUCTED WITH THE JMSDF IN JUNE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA) WE COULD THEN CONSIDER THESE ASBM LAUNCHES AS AN EXTENSION OF THE JANUARY EXERCISE LED BY THE CHINESE ARMY LED IN SOUTHERN CHINA, WHERE THE ROCKET FORCES AS WELL AS OTHER CORPS (STRATEGIC SUPPORT FORCE, NAVY …) WORKED TOGETHER IN A COUNTER-OFFENSIVE SIMULATION. RUMORS HAD SPOKEN AT THAT TIME OF ACTUAL FIRINGS PLANNED “IN A FEW MONTHS” TO PUT THIS JOINT TRAINING INTO PRACTICE.
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CHARTER ALSO WOULD DELETE A PROVISIONREQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO NOTIFY CONGRESS ABOUT EVERY CONTRACT ENTEREDINTO BY THE GOVERNMENT, A SCENARIO THAT WOULD 「OPEN UP THE COUNTRY TOVERBAL AGREEMENTS WITH CHINA ALLOWING CHINA』S FISHING IN THE WESTPHILIPPINE SEA,」 THE LAWMAKER SAID, USING THE PHILIPPINE NAME FOR THESOUTH CHINA SEA.
TAGS: CHINASOUTH CHINA SEAWAR GAMESSIMULATIONRED TEAMINGWAR WITH CHINA
CHINA HAS AGGRESSIVELY ASSERTED ITS CLAIMS TO THE SPRATLYS AND THE REST OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA—WHICH VIETNAM REFERS TO AS THE EAST SEA—BASED ON ITS SO-CALLED 「NINE-DASH」 DEMARCATION LINE THAT ENCOMPASSES SOME 90 PERCENT OF THE WATERS, INCLUDING TERRITORY CLAIMED BY VIETNAM, THE PHILIPPINES, BRUNEI, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, THAILAND, AND SINGAPORE.
CHINA DENIES US ACCUSATIONS OF SOUTH CHINA SEA MISSILE TESTS
U-SHAPED LINE REMAINS AT THE HEART OF TAIWAN"S SOUTH CHINA SEA TERRITORIAL CLAIMTHE DPP"S AGENDA FOR CONTRIBUTING TO REGIONAL STABILITYCHINA』S SOUTH CHINA SEA PROJECT MUST NOT SUCCEEDARE US FONOPS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA NECESSARY?TIME FOR THE US TO STOP LOSING GROUND TO CHINA IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
COLLISION HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR SOUTH CHINA SEA CODE
DUTERTE EARLIER SAID THAT THE PHILIPPINES, AS COUNTRY COORDINATOR FOR ASEAN-CHINA DIALOGUE RELATIONS, WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH ASEAN MEMBER-STATES “FOR THE FULL AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2002 DECLARATION ON THE CONDUCT OF PARTIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.”
VIETNAM, CHINA EMBROILED IN SOUTH CHINA SEA STANDOFF
LEADERS FROM THE 10-MEMBER ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS, OR ASEAN MET LAST WEEKEND IN BANGKOK, THAILAND. THE TALKS CENTERED ON SECURITY, TRADE AND TERRITORIAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA.

 

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