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'China won't accept provocative action in South China Sea'

Beijing: Even as India has pulled out of an offshore oil block in the South China Sea following protests by China, Beijing has reiterated its stand that the islands in the South China Sea and the adjacent waters fall within its "core interests" and it will not accept any "provocative action" in the sea off the China coast.

Jia Xiudong, Senior Fellow in Residence at the state-run China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Department of International Strategic Studies, said while China does not claim the whole South China Sea, its official position is that it has "undisputable sovereignty over the islands and waters around it".

He,however, added that freedom of navigation in the waters was a "non-issue".

CIIS is of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and conducts research and analysis on a wide range of foreign policy issues, according to the official website.

China and its neighbours, especially Vietnam and the Philippines, have been locked in territorial disputes over the sea and the mineral-rich Spratly and Paracel islands and the Scarborough Shoal.

Sounding a tough note, Jia said that China's "restraint" should not be taken as "a sign of weakness and acceptance of encroachment of sovereignty".

"China will react now, or in future, no matter what others think of China, in regard to sovereignty issues," he asserted while talking to a group of visiting Indian journalists.

He was reacting to Vietnam's and the Philippines' "miscalculations" and "provocative actions" in the South China Sea and harassing Chinese fishermen.


Last July, the Indian Navy's amphibious warfare ship INS Airavat, which was on a friendly visit to Vietnam in the South China Sea, was contacted by the Chinese Navy on radio and told that it was entering Chinese waters. The vessel proceeded on its journey as scheduled. The Indian government later in a statement said that "India supports freedom of navigation in international waters, including in the South China Sea, and the right of passage in accordance with accepted principles of international law".

In May, following objections by China, India's ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of state-owned ONGC, pulled out of an offshore oil block in Vietnam in the South China Sea.

ONGC Videsh had signed a deal with PetroVietnam in September 2011 for developing long-term cooperation in the oil sector and had accepted Vietnam's offer of exploration in certain blocks in the South China Sea. China had protested against the move of countries "engaging in oil and gas exploration and development activities in waters under China's jurisdiction".

After China voiced its objection, ONGC Videsh pulled out of the oil block exploration. Last week, India's ONGC and China National Petroleum Corp. inked a deal to jointly explore assets in third countries. The two are already working in Myanmar, Syria and Sudan.

According to Minister of State for Petroleum R.P.N. Singh, activities by Indian companies were "purely commercial in nature" and that "sovereignty issues must be resolved peacefully by the countries which are parties to the dispute in accordance with the international law and practice".

Jia said few of the ASEAN members were involved in the South China Sea dispute. With Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia, Beijing had no sovereignty issues, only "overlapping issues of water".

He also said that while the US has shifted its strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific , Washington has stated that it will not take sides on the question of sovereignty in the area.

Jia said that navigational freedom in the South China Sea was a "non-issue in the past".

He said the US and Japan were talking of navigation to "make a non-issue into an issue".

Last week, China summoned Vietnam's ambassador and protested against a law adopted by the Vietnamese parliament that places the Spratly and Paracel islands under Hanoi's sovereignty.

The Philippines and China are locked in a maritime dispute over the Scarborough Shoal, a reef off the Philippine coast. The tensions eased when the Philippines ordered two of its ships to withdraw from the shoal last week, a move that was welcomed by China.

China last Thursday announced that it had elevated the administrative status of the Zhongsha and Nansha (Spratly) and Xisha (Paracel) islands from a county to a prefectural-level district, in a move to improve its administrative hold on the islands.

`China won`t accept provocative action in South China Sea`

China's iron fist in a velvet glove




No provocative actions, understand? :)

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Can someone post some basic facts about this South China Sea dispute for those who don't know much about the politics of the region. What is the historical background; what is the biggest problem? No trolling, just a basic and objective analysis.
 
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Can someone post some basic facts about this South China Sea dispute for those who don't know much about the politics of the region. What is the historical background; what is the biggest problem? No trolling, just a basic and objective analysis.

Historical background: Basically it is used by fishing for the countries surrounding and in it Eg
Philliphines, China etc. Then, some country(not pointing fingers here....*AHEM*philliphines) wanted to change the name as they argued that it does not belong to China and should not be named that way. Then the whole whose territory it is arguments start. China says that the islands in the south china sea was found by them first in the Ancient times while the Philliphines say that they are making it all up and that the Philliphines is nearer to the bulk of the "disputed" islands. So it s stalemate. But isn't it all for the oil reserves there?

hope this helps ( im a bit biased but I havent heard much from the philliphines point of view)
 
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Can someone post some basic facts about this South China Sea dispute for those who don't know much about the politics of the region. What is the historical background; what is the biggest problem? No trolling, just a basic and objective analysis.

Vietnamese call our sea with name EAST SEA, two Islands group Hoang Sa and Truong Sa belong to Vietnam from ancient time.

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In the past, Chinese acepted the sea is belong to Vietnam and called it Jiaozhi sea, stating clearly in old map of China.

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Qing dynastry's full Map is not included Islands and sea which belong to Vietnam.

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After WWII, China changed his idea, 1947 China claim 80% of sea with "nine dash" area.

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Is China willing to accept taking these disputes to ITLOS?

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looks like China is a signatory to these conventions and multi-lateral institutions.

Personally, I don't trust international law and international organizations to be honest, the rules are usually made by the West and western countries violate them the most. It almost seems that they are exempt from law. But that's off topic here :)
 
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Personally, I don't trust international law and international organizations to be honest, the rules are usually made by the West and western countries violate them the most. It almost seems that they are exempt from law. But that's off topic here :)


That's exactly how China felt. Last time China left her fate to others, 8 countries came in and divided up Shanghai and other major cities. Only weak countries and losers let others to decide their future.
 
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PetroVietnam requests CNOOC to stop erroneous bid invitation
Last update 28/06/2012 09:53:44 AM (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge – China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)’s invitation for international bids is an illegal activity of no value, which seriously violates the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and does not comply with international oil and gas practices.

PetroVietnam has delivered its formal statement as follows:

PetroVietnam affirms that the area where CNOOC put out for international bidding lies entirely within Vietnam’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. This is absolutely not a disputed area.

The openly invitation of bids for an area in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf by China seriously violates Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, sovereignty rights and jurisdiction rights and legitimate national interest. It also complicates the situation and causes tensions in the East Sea.

PetroVietnam strongly condemns and requests that CNOOC cease the above-mentioned wrongful bid invitation and strictly comply with the agreement on the basic principles guiding the implementation of Vietnam-China sea issues, and respect international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the spirit of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).

PetroVietnam requests international oil companies not to participate in the bidding for 9 blocks in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam.

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VietNamNet - PetroVietnam requests CNOOC to stop erroneous bid invitation | PetroVietnam requests CNOOC to stop erroneous bid invitation



Vietnam protests Chinese oil company’s move

Vietnam strongly protests and requests that China cease the invitation of international bids for 09 oil and gas lots within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi on June 26.

Spokesman Nghi made the statement after the China National Offshore Oil Corporation invited international bidders for the lots on June 23.

The spokesperson said “First of all, it is necessary to affirm that the area where the China National Offshore Oil Corporation put out for international bidding lies entirely within Vietnam’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in accordance with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. This is absolutely not a disputed area.”

Nghi stressed that the openly invitation of bids for an area in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf by China is an illegal activity of no value, which seriously violates Vietnam’s sovereign rights, jurisdiction right and legitimate national interest as well as the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to which China itself is a member State, complicates the situation and causes tensions in the East Sea.

Vietnam strongly condemns and requests that China cease the above mentioned wrongful bid invitation, take no further actions that can complicate the situation in the East Sea and expand disputes, strictly comply with the agreement on the basic principles guiding the implementation of Vietnam-China sea issues, and respect international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the spirit of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea, concluded the spokesperson.

Vietnam protests Chinese oil company
 
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no need to drag India into this thread
 
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Personally, I don't trust international law and international organizations to be honest, the rules are usually made by the West and western countries violate them the most. It almost seems that they are exempt from law. But that's off topic here :)

The international laws, international treaties of the United Nations have been the governments ofcountries signed, the countries's parliament for approval.
If your government has signed, your parliament has ratified, what reason your country doesn't comply with it?
In a society like so: A bullying thug loves to rob of others, then he said that he doesn't want to court because he doesnt trust the law because people like he did not participate in drafting legislation.
 
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