South China Sea Forum

[TaiShang]

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Looks like they start to behave now. I think this small embarrassment will be solved quickly. I guess China is currently doing the required scientific tests to make sure the drone did not cause any damage to national security and environment.

Next time they better be careful about when passing through China's waters.

As you see, Global Times basically reports from Reuters.

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China confirms US request for seized drone
Source: Global Times-Agencies Published: 2016/12/17

File photo:CFP


A Chinese military source confirmed with the Global Times that they received on Saturday a “claim request” from the US for an underwater drone after a Chinese warship seized the craft during a security check in the South China Sea.

According to a Reuters report, the request was made after the Chinese navy seized the drone Thursday, about 80 kilometers northwest of Subic Bay in the Philippines just as the USNS Bowditch, an oceanographic survey ship, was about to retrieve it.

The Pentagon had confirmed the incident at a news briefing Friday and said the drone used commercially-available technology and sold for about $150,000, Reuters reported.

China believes that the incident will be “resolved successfully,” said the PLA source.

Indians are also anxious?？？？

 

[JOEY TRIBIANI]

This might seem like a strange comment to make on a military forum, but would it not be better to want a peaceful resolution rather than desire mass death and destruction?

Did not the Buddha say "In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength".

Hypocrites . you( usa) bomb 1.5 million people in iraq .just because of the fake info of WMD and now when some one (of your size) challenged you , you are talking about peace & negotiations such a coward .

 

[beijingwalker]

US wants drone back from China

 

[vtnsx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=TXo8EqC6OyA#t=150


This is the US's response to China if China continue to provoke aggression in the SCS. It's an ugly one. Not a good news at all.

 

[vtnsx]

This Chinese drone theft reminds me of the Gulf of Tonkin false flag that gave LBJ the excuse he was looking for to enter the Vietnam war.

 

[TaiShang]

US wants drone back from China

They may eventually get it back. It has already been almost four days since the seizure of the illegally operating vehicle.

 

[boomslang]

I bet Duterte must be laughing. ...

Yeah, just like Hugo Chavez used to laugh. Look at Venezuela now. HAHAHAHAHAHA !!!

US came all the way across the oceans to the Chinese territorial waters .....

Fifty seven miles off the Philippines isn't chinese waters.

 

[Place Of Space]

China signed the UNCLOS agreement Dec 10, 1982 Jun 7, 1996 and ratified Jul 29, 1994. Subsequently, the "Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" amending the original Convention was signed by China Jul 29, 1994, and ratified Jun 7, 1996.

Both agreements are 100% applicable.

UNCLOS is about sea, it's 0% applicable to island territory. China had gotten back those scs islands from Japan after WWII.
One of the basic rule of UNCLOS is that land decides sea. What's more, they are different understanding or application of UNCLOS, some insist 200 nm sea territory off land, some claim 3 nm, some claim 12 nm, and so on.

 

[Raphael]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...national-waters-south-china-sea-a7481321.html


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This is obviously a small-scale replay of the 1979 hostage crisis. Through backdoor channels, China has negotiated a publicity stunt with the incoming Trump administration, whereby the drone will not be released while Obama is in office but only once Trump reaches office, so that Trump looks tough. In exchange, China receives some kind of concession - wonder what it could be?

 

[truthseeker2010]

If someone stole something from you, why not ask for its return ? So what if it is nothing more than a formality and we know that the Chinese thief would not return it ? Yours is such a stupid question. That is like why bother prosecuting a murderer when nothing would bring the victim back to life.

The reality is that you cannot afford to return it lest you lose face. So it is all the more reason for US to keep asking for it.

stole? when ur in someone else's territory trying to prove that ur some worth, and when you are caught, u make
yourself innocent..... thats the american hypocrisy........

 

[boomslang]

stole? when ur in someone else's territory trying to prove that ur some worth, and when you are caught, u make
yourself innocent..... thats the american hypocrisy........

That's the thing. It's not 'someone elses' territory'. It's international waters. Plus, while china is downloading a bunch of boring oceanic info from the drone it's also downloading some nasty computer viruses for us to spring at a later date.

...This is obviously a small-scale replay of the 1979 hostage crisis. Through backdoor channels, China has negotiated a publicity stunt with the incoming Trump administration, whereby the drone will not be released while Obama is in office but only once Trump reaches office, so that Trump looks tough. In exchange, China receives some kind of concession - wonder what it could be?

WRONG !

 

[slng]

That's the thing. It's not 'someone elses' territory'. It's international waters. Plus, while china is downloading a bunch of boring oceanic info from the drone it's also downloading some nasty computer viruses for us to spring at a later date.



WRONG !

and yes, US international water span across world globe.
and if same drone detected outside hawaii by chinese, im sure someone from WH will stand up and shout " this is Act of War"

 

[TaiShang]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...national-waters-south-china-sea-a7481321.html


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This is obviously a small-scale replay of the 1979 hostage crisis. Through backdoor channels, China has negotiated a publicity stunt with the incoming Trump administration, whereby the drone will not be released while Obama is in office but only once Trump reaches office, so that Trump looks tough. In exchange, China receives some kind of concession - wonder what it could be?

Only 1429 retweets?

This is not how the strongest man in the world would be retweeted.

Not presidential.

 

[truthseeker2010]

That's the thing. It's not 'someone elses' territory'. It's international waters. Plus, while china is downloading a bunch of boring oceanic info from the drone it's also downloading some nasty computer viruses for us to spring at a later date.

Go enforce it if u can the international rules and FREEDOM............

 

[boomslang]

Go enforce it if u can the international rules and FREEDOM............

China claims the waters, let china enforce it. We sail our warships through these imaginary chinese waters every day. Chinas' navy is free to sail around the Gulf of Mexico as much as they want. If they can make it there. HAHAHAHAHAHA !!