Malaysians are a lot smarter than Viets or Filipinos. Everyone has seen the size of the PLA Navy ( China sent 97 Chinese vessels and fishing boats against our 2 rusty small ships but we stood up against China )
Rule #1 of warfare: If you don't have comparable power, don't escalate and provoke a confrontation ( China's the one who provoked and escalated the situation. China would rather wage WAR than exhaust available educated/diplomatic/legal/civilized means )
Right now, Vietnam and the Philippines are in a bind. They harassed Chinese fishermen in Chinese territorial waters ( The Philippines didn't harassed anybody, we are just enforcing our laws. Those Chinese fishermen were caught poaching well inside our territory ) and forced Beijing to deploy its warships on combat patrols. How do they avoid a military conflict with China?
There are only two unappetizing choices.
1. Stay meekly at home and away from the Chinese warships ( We prefer to stand up against China's bullying ).
2. Confront the Chinese warships and get blown to bits ( We've already stood up against China but it seems China's afraid to pull the trigger ).
I have no idea which choice the dumb Viets and Filipinos will pick. Their stupidity has exceeded my expectations up to now ( The Chinese people are stupid to believe the LIES that their gov't is telling them. China's historical claim is GROUNDLESS and not recognized under international law )
It seems that way thanks to the self victimized internationalization efforts by VN and PH.
Vietnam and Philippines are real victims of China's bullying. We caught Chinese poachers stealing corals, sharks and endangered sea turtles well inside our territory, China then intimidated us then portray herself(China) as the victim.
On the surface, and for the ones not in the knows, China is the aggressor. But in reality, at least for the players involved, they all know who the aggressor really is. American's vocal meddling makes it an international event.
China is the real aggressor. China's the one who prevented the arrest of Chinese poachers. China's the one who sent CMS ships inside our territory. China's the one who threatened war with us. China's the one who bullied our Philippine coast guard vessels.
PH hits Sino bullying, sticks to right is might
By DJ Yap, Philip C. Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Hernandez said the speeding Chinese ship approached the two Philippine vessels at around 20 knots and then veered away, generating a two-meter wave.
In these instances, the speeding FLEC 310 generated a two-meter wave in her wake, but no damage was inflicted on our two ships, which did not react to the bullying by FLEC 310, Hernandez said.
These maneuvers by the Chinese vessel posed a danger to the Philippine vessels, which could mean a violation of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions of Ships at Sea, Hernandez said.
PH hits Sino
Philippine Coast Guard Bullied by China's Ship
8 Chinese Vessels against 1 Philippine Vessel
China=Fail
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No. China's claim is only the midpoint between Chinese islands and other nations' coastline. It is consistent with UNCLOS.
China's historical claim is GROUNDLESS and not recognized under international law. I do recall that China's historical evidence is
NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. And everything is just based on what their government is claiming?? No pictures available on the net or newspapers.. Wow! Maybe the Chinese government is just fabricating
LIES about their history!
China was magnanimous and offered joint development along the lines of the Sino-Japanese joint gas development. The Vietnamese and Filipinos flatly rejected joint development.
What's magnanimous in China's logic of "MINE IS MINE, YOURS IS MINE AND WE SHARE???"
That leaves only war to resolve the dispute.
Another Chinese LIE. There's international arbitration to resolve the dispute. Chinas consistent refusal to bring its claim to the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) or United Nations International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) by itself is a tacit admission that it cannot prove its so called historical claim before a proper neutral court.
My argument is for the reclamation of Chinese historical territory. I do not advocated expanding beyond China's historical maps.
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Can you post those Chinese historical maps??? All the Chinese imperial maps that I've seen say that Hainan is the end of China's territory. So why are Chinese claiming the SCS???