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Indonesia rejects China"s claims over South China Sea @ 2020-01-03T04: Back Hot News
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INDONESIA SAID IT REJECTS CHINA』S CLAIMS OVER A DISPUTED PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AS 「HAVING NO LEGAL BASIS」, AFTER EARLIER PROTESTING TO BEIJING OVER THE PRESENCE OF A CHINESE COASTGUARD VESSEL IN ITS TERRITORIAL WATERS, REUTERS REPORTS.
HOWEVER, ON JULY 12, 2016, AN ARBITRATION COURT IN THE HAGUE FOUND THE CHINESE REGIME』S CLAIMS TO BE FALSE. IN THE U.N. TRIBUNAL』S RULING, CHINA』S CLAIMS TO VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRETY OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WERE DISMISSED BY THE 5-MEMBER TRIBUNAL AS HAVING NO HISTORICAL BASIS. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE MULTIPLE ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT BY AND USED AS BASES BY THE CHINESE MILITARY DO NOT CONSTITUTE TERRITORY ENTITLED TO ZONES OF ECONOMIC EXCLUSIVITY. RATHER, THEY WERE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PHILIPPINES. THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) IMMEDIATELY REJECTED THE TRIBUNAL』S DECISION.
ON DEC. 12, THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATION SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION TO THE U.N. COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF ABOUT PLANS TO EXTEND ITS RIGHTS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BEYOND 370 KILOMETERS FROM ITS BASELINES. THE DOCUMENTATION, LINKED TO A RELATED APPLICATION THAT MALAYSIA AND VIETNAM MADE 10 YEARS AGO, MET WITH OPPOSITION FROM CHINA"S U.N. MISSION. CHINA CLAIMS ABOUT 90% OF THE SEA.
THEY ARE PROMOTING NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA FOR A CODE OF CONDUCT (COC) IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (COC), WHICH WOULD STEM FROM THE DECLARATION ON THE CONDUCT OF PARTIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (DOC) SIGNED BETWEEN CHINA AND ASEAN IN 2002 AND COMMIT CHINA TO A SET OF NORMS OF BEHAVIOR; AND
FLASH FLOODS INUNDATED SWATHES OF INDONESIA"S CAPITAL AND NEARBY TOWNS ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR AFTER TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE AND FORCING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EVACUATE, AUTHORITIES SAID ON WEDNESDAY. "AS OF 4 PM TODAY, THERE ARE 19,079 DISPLACED RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AT TEMPORARY SHELTERS THROUGHOUT JAKARTA," CITY GOVERNOR ANIES BASWEDAN TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE. INDONESIA REJECTS CHINA"S CLAIMS OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA
MEANWHILE, THE EAST CHINA SEA, INCLUDING THE TAIWAN STRAIT, AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA STRETCHING SOUTH TOWARDS THE PHILIPPINES AND INDONESIA, HAVE BECOME THE SETTING FOR INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS NAVAL CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND WESTERN NAVIES, INCLUDING THE ROYAL NAVY, INTENT ON MAINTAINING FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION.
「WHAT WE ALSO NEED TO THINK OF IS THAT GIVEN CHINA』S NEEDS AND EXPANSION, ITS REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY, FOOD, ET CETERA, THEY WILL NOT STOP IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. [ITS] EXPANSION WILL CONTINUE BEYOND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND THAT MEANS EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL ALSO BEGIN ASSERTING CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES IN PHILIPPINE INTER-ISLAND WATERS. IT』S INEVITABLE," BATONGBACAL WARNED.
BUT CORRESPONDENCE SEEN BY ENERGY VOICE APPEARS TO SHOW THAT THE LION』S SHARE OF THE WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT A HUGE YARD CLOSE TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS SAID ON WEDNESDAY (DEC 4) IT IS WORKING WITH SINGAPORE REGULATORS TO ALLEVIATE CONCERNS OVER ITS US$2 BILLION (S$2.7 BILLION) MERGER WITH FELLOW SOUTH KOREAN SHIPBUILDER DAEWOO CRIMPING COMPETITION IN THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN MARITIME HUB.
DAMON WINTER HAS COVERED NATIONAL POLITICS AT THE TIMES FOR YEARS, BUT HAD NOT SPENT MANY DAYS AT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE. HE FOUND THAT THE PRESIDENT』S DEPARTURES FROM THE SOUTH LAWN HAD TURNED INTO A FULLY ORGANIZED MEDIA EVENT.
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