China rejects Philippine's accusation on South China Sea issue

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China rejects Philippine's accusation on South China Sea issue

China rejects the Philippine's accusation on the South China Sea issue, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Tuesday.

"Chinese vessels were cruising and carrying out scientific studies in waters under China's jurisdiction, and their activities were in line with the law," Hong said.

The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs said recently that the increasing activity of Chinese vessels on the South China Sea harmed the interests of Philippine fisherman, undermined the peace and stability of the region, violated maritime jurisdiction, and disobeyed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea.

In response to the Philippine accusation, Hong said China holds a long-term and consistent position on the South China Sea, and the position remains unchanged for centuries and is in accordance with international laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

"China asks the Philippine side to stop harming China's sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, which leads to unilateral actions that expand and complicate South China Sea disputes," he said. "The Philippine side should stop publishing irresponsible statements that do not match the facts."

Hong went on to say that China is willing to seek solutions to properly handle the dispute by directly consulting or negotiating with the Philippines. China is also willing to work with all sides involved to fully implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea to safeguard the stability of the sea by practical means and build it into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation, Hong said.

China rejects Philippine's accusation on South China Sea issue

 

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China rejects Philippine's accusation on South China Sea issue

China rejects the Philippine's accusation on the South China Sea issue, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Tuesday.

"Chinese vessels were cruising and carrying out scientific studies in waters under China's jurisdiction, and their activities were in line with the law," Hong said.

The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs said recently that the increasing activity of Chinese vessels on the South China Sea harmed the interests of Philippine fisherman, undermined the peace and stability of the region, violated maritime jurisdiction, and disobeyed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea.

In response to the Philippine accusation, Hong said China holds a long-term and consistent position on the South China Sea, and the position remains unchanged for centuries and is in accordance with international laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

"China asks the Philippine side to stop harming China's sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, which leads to unilateral actions that expand and complicate South China Sea disputes," he said. "The Philippine side should stop publishing irresponsible statements that do not match the facts."

Hong went on to say that China is willing to seek solutions to properly handle the dispute by directly consulting or negotiating with the Philippines. China is also willing to work with all sides involved to fully implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea to safeguard the stability of the sea by practical means and build it into a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation, Hong said.

China rejects Philippine's accusation on South China Sea issue

A clear message.

 

[taukhua]

A clear message.

Chinese government has always put out the blunt messages and arguments, unvalue to occupy full the East Sea. You must respect Law of The Sea and International Laws. Dont think you are a hungry animal that stray between flock of deer.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Chinese government has always put out the blunt messages and arguments, unvalue to occupy full the East Sea. You must respect Law of The Sea and International Laws. Dont think you are a hungry animal that stray between flock of deer.

Don't forget that the Philipino govt also did arrest or shoot hundred fishmen from Vietnam in the past.

Philippines also does regard you as the same intruders.

 

[hoangsa]

Don't forget that the Philipino govt also did arrest or shoot hundred fishmen from Vietnam in the past.

Nevermind. It is normally. Vietnam and Phillipine can easily negotiate. We respect each other, we are civilized

 

[IBRIS]

BEIJING—China on Tuesday accused the Philippines of harming its maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea, in sharp retaliation to claims by Manila that Beijing is undermining regional peace.

The Philippines said over the weekend that China dispatched vessels to intimidate rivals in disputed areas of the South China Sea, violating “maritime jurisdiction” and undermining “the peace and stability of the region.”

But Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei hit back at the accusations Tuesday, saying the Chinese vessels were merely cruising and carrying out scientific studies in waters under Beijing’s jurisdiction.

“China asks the Filipino side to stop harming China’s sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, which leads to unilateral actions that expand and complicate South China Sea disputes,” he said.

He also said Manila should stop publishing “irresponsible statements that do not match the facts.”

The Paracel archipelago and the more southerly Spratly islands in the South China Sea are both potentially resource-rich outcrops that straddle strategic shipping lanes.

The Philippines, China, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam claim all or part of the territories in question, and recent renewed tensions drew a warning Saturday from the United States that the disputes could lead to armed conflict.

China and Vietnam are also locked in a dispute related to the sovereignty of the Paracel archipelago and the Spratlys. The diplomatic flare-up even triggered a protest in Hanoi – a rare occurrence in the country.
China says Philippines harming its maritime rights | Inquirer Global Nation

 

[manojb]

after Vietnam , now Filipino... India needs more friends in that area

 

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[Akasa]

after Vietnam , now Filipino... India needs more friends in that area

Oh, so you want India to join the group of nations that violate others' territories, blames others on no grounds, and goes whining about nonexistent "bullying"?

 

[jupiter2012]

Philippines says China violates accord on islands - Taiwan News Online

Philippines says China violates accord on islands
By JIM GOMEZ
Associated Press
2011-06-07 10:38 AM




The Philippines has accused China of aggressively violating an agreement aimed at preventing clashes in the disputed Spratly Islands, the latest in a series of complaints about Chinese incursion in the area claimed by six countries.

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Tuesday that the latest confrontation in South China Sea islands close to Philippine shore is the most serious challenge to efforts to resolve the dispute peacefully since 1995, when China forcefully took over Manila-claimed Mischief Reef.

The government says it has documents that show at least six Chinese intrusions in Manila-claimed areas in and near the Spratlys since February. Among the most serious was the reported firing Feb. 25 by a Chinese navy vessel to scare away Filipino fishermen from the Jackson Atoll, a Spratlys area claimed by Manila.

The Philippines, whose poorly equipped forces are no match for China's powerful military, has resorted to diplomatic protests. President Benigno Aquino III has said his government was preparing to bring its protests before the United Nations.

Del Rosario, in a statement published Tuesday in the Philippine Star newspaper, urged the nations locked in the dispute over the potentially oil-rich region to adhere to international laws to prevent armed confrontations and foster conflict-resolution.

"International law has given equal voice to nations regardless of political, economic or military stature, banishing the unlawful use of sheer force," he said.

China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which includes the Philippines, signed a nonbinding accord in 2002 that called on claimants to exercise restraint and stop occupying new areas.

"This very provision is being aggressively violated," del Rosario said.

The Spratlys, which are believed to be atop vast oil and gas reserves, have long been feared as a potential flash point of armed conflicts in Asia. The chain of barren, largely uninhabited islands, reefs and banks, are claimed wholly by China, Taiwan and Vietnam and partly by the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.

They teem with rich fishing grounds and straddle some of the world's busiest sea lanes.

Chinese media have reported that Beijing plans to install an advanced oil rig in the South China Sea in July. The Philippines has expressed concern and asked China's embassy last week about the exact location of the planned oil rig and said that it should not be placed in Philippine waters.

In April, China countered a previous Philippine diplomatic protest at the U.N. by saying it has indisputable sovereignty over the Spratly islands that Manila "started to invade" in the 1970s.

Vietnam and Malaysia have also filed protests to the United Nations against China's claims. The protests are registered with the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, which will not rule on a claim if it involves disputed territory unless there is prior consent given by all states involved in the dispute.

 

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Philippines accuses China of

Philippines accuses China of ‘serious violations’ in South China Sea
By Dennis Atienza Maliwanag
INQUIRER.net
3:45 pm | Saturday, June 4th, 2011

President Benigno Aquino offers a shakehand as Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie salutes during a courtesy call in Malacañang on May 23. AFP

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has accused China of “serious violations” in the South China Sea following at least six aggressive acts in the disputed territory, raising worries Beijing may be fortifying its claims in the potentially oil-rich region.

The Department of Foreign Affairs said it had filed a protest before the Chinese Embassy “over the increasing presence and activities of Chinese vessels including naval assets in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).”

China’s actions “hamper the normal and legitimate fishing activities of the Filipino fishermen in the area and undermines the peace and stability of the region,” the DFA said.

The Philippine military has reported that a Chinese surveillance vessel and navy ships were seen unloading building materials and erecting posts in the vicinity of Iroquois Reef and Amy Douglas Bank – an uninhabited undersea hill claimed by the Philippines about 230 kilometers from southwestern Palawan province.

It is part of the Spratlys but well within the Philippines’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone, the DFA said.

The DFA said the diplomatic protest follows a series of protests it filed since March, after two Chinese vessels harassed a Philippine exploration ship at Reed Bank, prompting the Philippine military to send war planes and Coast Guard ships to the area.

Last month, Chinese jet fighters had reportedly intruded into Philippine airspace also in the vicinity of Reed Bank, part of the Kalayaan group of islands in the Spratlys that the Philippines claims.

“The actions of the Chinese vessels in Philippine waters are serious violations of Philippine sovereignty and maritime jurisdiction and also violate the Asean-China Declaration of Conduct on the South China Sea,” the DFA said.

President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday said that the Philippines was planning to file a protest at the UN for the series of incursions.

“There are six or seven [incursions] happening after February 25. We are completing all the necessary data and then we will present it to them [China] and then file it with the appropriate body, which is the UN,” he said.

Those acts included the reported firing last February by a suspected Chinese naval vessel to scare away Filipino fishermen from Quirino, or the Jackson Atoll, in a Spratlys area claimed by Manila, said officials, who spoke anonymously because of the sensitivity of the subject.

The Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “the reported ‘incursion of Chinese ships’ is not true.” But, it acknowledged the presence there of a Chinese marine research ship “conducting normal maritime research activities in the South China Sea.”

The DFA said both Manila and Beijing agreed to “keep the channels of communication open and continue dialogue on the South China Sea issue.”

With The Associated Press

 

[jupiter2012]

Naked aggression | Inquirer Opinion

Editorial
Naked aggression
Philippine Daily Inquirer
1:17 am | Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
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EDITORIAL CARTOON

President Aquino told reporters in Brunei last week that a military confrontation between the Philippines and China would be “no contest.” In terms of military strength, China has “a great advantage,” he said. “Even in a boxing match, there’s one and half billion of them, [while] we are barely 100 million.”

All true, of course. But stating the obvious seems totally unnecessary and counterproductive, especially at this time when China seems ready to flaunt its military strength even at the risk of looking like the bully in the block. In an age when colonialism seems like a distant memory, China has been signaling its determination to assert its sovereignty over marine territories also being claimed by its neighbors—by force, if necessary. Pleading helplessness in the face of so much muscle-flexing could only encourage China to conduct further acts of intimidation.

Already in the last four months, Philippine authorities have counted at least six Chinese military incursions into Philippine territory. And on at least two such occasions, the Chinese vessels acted belligerently. On Feb. 25, for instance, a Chinese missile frigate drove away three Philippine fishing vessels anchored on Jackson Atoll by first threatening to shoot them and then actually firing three shots into the water. A few weeks later, in March, Chinese vessels threatened to ram a Philippine-commissioned boat conducting seismic studies at the Reed Bank. Then in May another Chinese vessel unloaded construction materials in Amy Douglas Shoal.

These shoals and atolls are less than 100 nautical miles from Palawan and well within the 200-mile exclusive economic zone as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. As Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda put it, “You are speaking of western Palawan, you are not speaking of the Spratlys,” and Palawan is not a disputed area.

What were Chinese military vessels doing 600 nautical miles from China’s nearest coastline and deep in Philippine territory? China is trying to establish ownership over the whole South China Sea. So what will it claim next, Manila Bay?

China is so confident that it will have its way with its smaller neighbors that it has announced that it would send its biggest oil rig to start drilling in the disputed Spratlys. It dismisses its neighbors claims to the Spratlys by saying there is nothing for them to claim since the area rightfully belongs to China. And consistent with this position, the Chinese government flatly denies that its vessels have intruded into Philippine territory. Chinese officials are saying in effect that China cannot be accused of intruding into its own territory.

But even as China intensifies its show of force, Chinese officials continue to reassure its neighbor that it wants nothing more than peace. In Singapore last Sunday, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie said his country was committed to “peace and stability” in the South China Sea. He said China would never threaten any country or “seek hegemony.”

Maybe China has a different definition of what constitutes peace, but firing shots over fishing vessels and pushing away research ships are not peaceful acts anywhere. Which is why Filipino officials have lately dropped all diplomatic pretense and has directly accused China of “serious violations of Philippine sovereignty and maritime jurisdiction.” Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has said that while the Philippines is committed to follow international laws, the 2002 Declaration of Conduct in the South China Sea forged by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China, under which all the parties agreed to exercise restraint and refrain from occupying uninhabited areas, was being “aggressively violated.” And because all its complaints have gone unheeded by Chinese authorities, the Philippines is now bringing the case to the United Nations.

Instead of enjoying it like one former foreign secretary advised in regard to another violation of Philippine sovereignty, Filipino officials are now crying rape, and making the whole world know who is doing it. If China believes it can ignore the protests of a small nation with hardly any military capability to speak of, it may yet think differently if the international community is sufficiently roused to condemn its naked aggression.

 

[huzihaidao12]

Volates accord? China and Vietnam have an agreement, putting aside disputes and closed until to solve our problems in the South China Sea, China's compliance with the agreement, we do not have to develop oil from the South China Sea, Vietnam? how much your private exploitation of the oil from the south China Sea?

 

[huzihaidao12]

It appears that Vietnam may be pleased to see, right?

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/philippines-arrests-122-vietnamese-fishermen-112705210.html

Philippine police and military arrested 122 Vietnamese for illegal fishing on Monday in the biggest haul of foreign fishermen in recent memory, a police commander said.

The Vietnamese were arrested aboard seven fishing boats off the western Philippine island of Palawan, where many foreigners have been apprehended for illegal fishing over the years, said Chief Superintendent Artemio Hicban.

"This is the largest number of Vietnamese who have ever been caught. As far as I can remember, we have never caught these many (foreign) fishermen and fishing vessels," Hicban, the regional police commander, told AFP.

Vietnamese embassy personnel said they had no information about the arrests and were checking on the report.

Hicban said the fishermen would probably face charges of illegal entry and illegal fishing.

Police at the scene have not yet said if any endangered species were found on their boats which could result in more serious accusations, he said.

Hicban stressed that the Vietnamese were caught off the coast of Palawan and were not in disputed waters of the South China Sea that are subject to conflicting claims by the Philippines, Vietnam, China and other countries.

"They were caught well within our territorial waters, far from the Spratlys," he said, referring to a disputed island chain in the South China Sea.

In recent years, many Vietnamese and Chinese fishermen have been caught poaching in the waters off Palawan, in some cases with endangered species such as sea turtles.

Earlier this month, a Vietnamese police chief reported that two Vietnamese fishermen were shot and wounded by men wearing Philippine uniforms in the Spratlys. However Philippine authorities denied any knowledge of the incident.

 

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Filipinos had no problem when white and black Americans were claiming Manila bay and raping their women so much there's a new race called Eurasians in Phillipines.

Why would they have a problem now?