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关键词:South China Sea
概念:
EARLIER THIS WEEK DURING HIGH-LEVEL TALKS, CHINA CALLED ON THE U.S. MILITARY TO STOP FLEXING ITS MUSCLES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ADDING “NEW UNCERTAINTIES” OVER DEMOCRATIC TAIWAN, WHICH IS CLAIMED BY CHINA AS A WAYWARD PROVINCE.
BEIJING (REUTERS) - CHINA LODGED STERN REPRESENTATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AFTER US NAVY SHIPS SAILED IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA NEAR ISLANDS CLAIMED BY BEIJING, FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN GENG SHUANG TOLD A DAILY BRIEFING ON FRIDAY (NOV 22).
“AFTER THE SEA TRIAL IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER COULD SAIL TO A NAVAL PORT IN SANYA, SOUTH CHINA’S HAINAN PROVINCE FOR A COMMISSIONING CEREMONY THAT WILL SEE IT FINALLY JOIN THE PLA NAVY,” THE GT REPORT SAID.
HOWEVER, LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS ARE UNIQUELY SUITED TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE SOUTH CHINA SEA STRATEGIC SITUATION PROBING INITIATIVE, A THINK TANK AFFILIATED WITH PEKING UNIVERSITY’S INSTITUTE OF OCEAN RESEARCH.
US GIFTS SHIP TO VIETNAM TO BOOST PATROLS IN DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA
BEIJING INSISTS THE ENTIRE SOUTH CHINA SEA UP TO THE COASTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AND TAIWAN BELONGS TO CHINA - A CLAIM REJECTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF ARBITRATION IN 2016.
BEIJING: CHINA ON FRIDAY URGED THE UNITED STATES TO STOP PROVOCATIVE ACTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AFTER TWO US NAVY SHIPS SAILED NEAR ISLANDS CLAIMED BY BEIJING THERE.
THE WARNING CAME AFTER US DEFENCE SECRETARY MARK ESPER AND CHINESE DEFENCE MINISTER WEI FENGHE MET MONDAY IN BANGKOK. THE TWO MINISTERS WERE ATTENDING A MEETING OF DEFENCE OFFICIALS FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) AND OTHER COUNTRIES. AMONG THE TOPICS UP FOR DISCUSSION WERE THE ONGOING POLITICAL CRISIS IN HONG KONG AND THE STATUS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
CHINA AND VIETNAM HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DISPUTES AND THE TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP IS POCK-MARKED WITH VIOLENCE. CURRENT DISAGREEMENTS FOCUS ON THE OIL AND MINERAL RICH WATERS AND ISLANDS THAT MAKE UP THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND IS IN ONE ASIAN GEOPOLITICS EXPERT’S VIEW, THE MOST LIKELY FLASHPOINT. PROFESSOR KERRY BROWN TOLD EXPRESS.CO.UK: “I THINK VIETNAM ARE DEFINITELY THE ONES TO WATCH, THE VIETNAMESE FORCES ARE NOT A SOFT MILITARY AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY AWARE OF THE THREAT THAT THEY FEEL FROM CHINA.
CHINA RECENTLY BROUGHT TO AND END A MONTHS-LONG STANDOFF BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND VIETNAM IN THE VANGUARD BANK REGION, WHERE A CHINESE OIL VESSEL HAD ENTERED VIETNAM’S ECONOMIC EXCLUSION ZONE. THE HAIYANG DIZHI 8, WAS SPEEDING AWAY FROM VIETNAM’S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE TOWARDS CHINA LAST MONTH UNDER THE ESCORT OF AT LEAST TWO CHINESE SHIPS, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM MARINE TRAFFIC, A WEBSITE THAT TRACKS VESSELS. IT APPEARED TO REPRESENT A VICTORY FOR VIETNAM, BUT DEREK GROSSMAN HIGHLIGHTS THAT THIS ACTUALLY COULD INDICATE THAT CHINA HAVE FREER REIN TO TRANSGRESS IN THE REGION DESPITE HANOI’S DEFIANT RHETORIC.
HIS SILENCE ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, HOWEVER, DOES NOT MEAN FRANCE WILL STOP TRYING TO CURB CHINA’S INFLUENCE OR END ARMS SALES TO ITS RIVALS
AS TENSIONS CONTINUE TO RISE, HANOI HAS FLIRTED WITH THE IDEA OF FOLLOWING THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ROUTE TO TRY AND LEGALLY RESTRICT CHINA’S ABILITY TO SEND VESSELS INTO VIETNAM’S ECONOMIC EXCLUSION ZONE. VIETNAM’S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER LE HOAI TRUNG RECENTLY SAID THEIR DISPUTES, INCLUDING OVER THE OIL AND MINERALS HOTSPOT IN THE VANGUARD BANK, SHOULD BE RESOLVED ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION.
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WHERE THE NEW “TRUMP DOCTRINE” BEGINS IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THAT IT MUST BEGIN NOW. IF NOT BY ENGAGING CAMBODIA’S ASCENDANT MILITARY LEADERS TO STOP CHINA FROM GAINING A MILITARY FOOTHOLD IN THEIR COUNTRY, IT CAN BEGIN IN VIETNAM BY ENTERING A BILATERAL SECURITY ALLIANCE TO STOP CHINA FROM ATTACKING VIETNAM AS IN THE ABOVE HYPOTHETICAL. OR, IT CAN BEGIN IN THE PHILIPPINES BY RE-LEASING THE SUBIC BAY PORT FOR THE SUPPORT THE US NAVY WILL NEED TO UNDERTAKE ITS FUTURE MISSION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
THE US PACIFIC FLEET COMMANDER CONFIRMED THERE HAD BEEN NO REDUCTION IN BEIJING’S AGGRESSION IN THE HOTLY DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA. ADMIRAL JOHN AQUILINO SAID BEIJING CONTINUES TO BULLY SURROUNDING NATIONS IN THE VITAL TRADE ROUTE BY THREATENING SEVERAL COUNTRIES USING ITS BUILT-UP MILITARY ON THEM. HE ADDED THAT MANY OF THE NEIGHBOURING NATIONS ARE ALLIES TO THE US.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR THAT THE USCG HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IN THIS CAPACITY. AS PART OF ITS DEPLOYMENT THE USCG WILL CARRY OUT JOINT EXERCISES WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS. ADMIRAL KARL LEO SCHULTZ, COMMANDANT OF THE USCG, TOLD ASIA TIMES IN A RECENT INTERVIEW THAT: “THERE ARE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS, ONGOING PLANNING EFFORTS” TO SUPPORT THE US INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND’S (INDO-PACOM) OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
MODERN SHIPS MAGAZINE PRINTED A CENTREFOLD GRAPHIC SHOWING CHINA’S NEW H-6N STRATEGIC BOMBER IN THEIR LATEST EDITION, WITH THE PUBLICATION HAVING RISKED CHARGES OF ESPIONAGE. THE STATE-OWNED MAGAZINE SHOWED THE LONG-RANGE AIRCRAFT H-6N, WHICH IS MODELLED ON THE SOVIET UNION’S DEFUNCT T-U-16 BOMBER, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH REPORTS. THE FAUX-PAS REVEALED THE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN AIRCRAFT, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY SHOWED CHINA’S HAND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD DURING EPISODES OF HIGH TENSIONS WITH THE WEST.

 

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