Our warships have been patrolling the area since the Yuan dynasty, and we mapped the area as far as Han dynasty. Simply because China did not have the naval capability to patrol our islands before, does not mean we relent on our claims.
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We are talking about sovereignty. As for sovereignty, its not discovery and naming. It's history, use/occupation and control/jurisdiction. China claims to have discovered it and has a history over it, used it for a multitude of uses but he never had control and jurisdiction over it. China never controlled the area. China never managed the area, never had the Chinese government in the area. So ergo, CHINA DO NOT HAVE SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE AREA. The Chinese government merely claims jurisdiction in these areas but they do not have effective jurisdiction as required for sovereignty. China has to prove indisputable sovereignty before he can rightfully claim the islands. Without this, this action is as pointless as just drawing a map with China's name on it.
Philippines control of the area which is effected by frequent patrols as allowed by our small fleet of boats and policing of these waters for decades without protest from any other country claimants, including arrests of both chinese and vietnamese fishermen illegally fishing in Philippine jurisdiction or using illegal fishing methods in our waters. In 1957, the Philippine government conducted an oceanographic survey of the area and together with the US Navy force based in then U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay in Zambales, used the area as an impact range for defense purposes. An 8.3 meter high flag pole flying a Philippine flag was raised in 1965. A small lighthouse was also built and operated the same year. In 1992, the Philippine Navy rehabilitated the lighthouse and reported it to the International Maritime Organization for publication in the List of Lights.
The Philippines has history, use and control of the area. Now that's sovereignty.
Actually, if war breaks out, we'll break Philippines into pieces. How about a Communist Luzon and a Muslim south for starters? Maybe we'll hang Aquino's head on a flag pole somewhere in Manila.
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Now when will you stubborn Chinese accept logic? When will you guys start lowering your extreme pride which the world sees as arrogance? When will you obey the law???
Flip baboons will be crushed. It's only a matter of time.
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Slinging insults is a sure sign of a lost argument. What is the point of having a civilized discussion if you are not keeping an open mind?
UN only recognize China's ownership in SCS. after WWII, those islands handed over from Japan to China.
No country signed any document saying everything inside your imaginary line belongs to china!! stop making things up!
We have always wondered why China keeps on insisting bilateral country to country talks only, and resorts to various forms of harrassments instead of just proving their claim over the courts. Various reasons have been given, but these reasons defy even the most logical arguements of a learned man. They are nonsense. Why is China so afraid?
how to protect Chinese claim? by power! Philippine is still trying hard to prove what they claim, can not protect what they claim.
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Even your government officials and professors from your universities cannot show any proof! Yet these Chinese rant in these forums as if they are right. They call for war as if they are holy and almighty.
Admit it. You know that SCARBOROUGH IS PHILIPPINE TERRITORY. It will be hard to accept, but the evidence is there. China has no evidence.
2) lost political supports. No other countries stand up behind Philippine. even USA is stepping back.
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RUSSIA -
March 13, 2012: Russia Pronounce its support to the Philippines over Spratly disputes with china
and other claimants. Philippines
- Russia is supporting the Philippines' stand that RULES based on
transparency and diplomacy should be used to resolve maritime issues.
ASEAN
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed that the regional Code of Conduct in the South China Sea should integrate provisions of the United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), a treaty that the Philippines cites in its claim to disputed
Scarborough Shoal and other islands.
EUROPEAN UNION
EU-Asia Center director Fraser
Cameron said during a forum in Manila that the EU supports a rules-based
international system and liberty of navigation. The EU believes that territorial disputes should be
resolved “in accordance with international law through peaceful and cooperative solutions.”
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand backs Philippine position on Spratlys
New Zealand supports the position of the Philippines and other allies
that claimants to the Spratly chain of islands must heed the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Department of
National Defense said Friday.
MALAYSIA
Malaysia backs Philippines in dispute vs China
Malaysia is supporting the Philippines'
stand that Manila's dispute with China over ownership of Scarborough
shoal should be resolved based on the United Nations Convention on Law
of the Sea (UNCLOS), Vice President Jejomar Binay said Tuesday.
VIETNAM BACKS THE PHILIPPINES
1) Support for the “sovereign rights” of the Philippines in the Scarborough Shoal.
2) Opposition to China’s use of the “nine-dashed line” to make
overlapping claims with the Exclusive Economic Zones and continental
shelves of the Philippines, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries, as well
as opposition to “China’s actions and threats of force,” the latter
presumably referring to articles in China’s state controlled press.
3) Support for the Philippines’ proposal to submit the dispute at
Scarborough Shoal to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
(ITLOS).
JAPAN
President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday night secured Japanese Prime
Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s support for a peaceful resolution of the
six-nation dispute over the potentially oil-rich Spratly islands.
Following the meeting, the President and Noda “confirmed that freedom of
navigation, unimpeded commerce, and compliance with established
international law including the UNCLOS and the peaceful settlement of
disputes serve the interests of the two countries and the whole region.”
UNCLOS refers to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
AUSTRALIA
Australia said those involved in the territorial dispute — Brunei,
China, Malaysia, Philippines, and Taiwan — should adhere to the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which codifies the
international law of the sea.
Australia’s expression of support came less than a week after Washington expressed its support to Manila over the same issue.
USA
International Law Should be Used.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday pledged to
support the Philippines amid growing tensions between China and its
neighbors in disputed areas of the South China Sea (or West Philippine
Sea).
NO COUNTRY SUPPORTS CHINA'S 9-DASH CLAIM!!!!!
Fighting against China in SCS is a missing impossible for all small countries.
Will US helps? no, it will only make the case worse.
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Among those nations who become powerful it was only China who indeed wants to fight with the weaker states.
Let your posts here be proof of China's immorality, arrogance, immaturity and stupidity.
very very funny...nobody except Chinese can think such logic.....ha...ha..
