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| China's Bullying in The West Philippine Sea; news and updates | |
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| Flipzi | Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:44 pm Post #21 |
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China land reclamation may soon cover 3 more sites, seen as tool for 'supremacy' - report MANILA - China’s ongoing land reclamation in five reefs in the disputed Spratly Islands is widely seen by the Philippine Government as preparation for more land reclamation operations, this time in three areas closer to the Philippines. And, per the latest separate assessment by local and foreign experts, China will use oil exploration and reclamation to project its supremacy in the region, as a proxy for its navy which is still not yet fully equipped "to overcome the logistical challenges" like distance in asserting its will. A confidential Malacanang report detailed the land reclamation activities of China in five areas, namely, at Johnson South (Mabini) Reef, Cuarteron (Calderon) Reef, Hughes (Kennan) Reef, Gaven (Burgos) Reef and Eldad (Malvar) Reef. The report noted China has focused its land reclamation operations in areas which are “farther” from the Philippine mainland. No such activities were monitored in three other areas - Fiery Cross (Kagitingan) Reef, Subi (Zamora) Reef and Mischief (Panganiban) Reef - where China had built military garrisons and communications facilities. The report, however, does not rule out the possibility of China doing land reclamation in these three areas once the work is done in the first five reefs. Reclamation, oil exploration to project supremacy The assessment by both local and international observers is that the expansion of China’s existing garrisons in these areas is part of Beijing’s ongoing efforts to impose its supremacy over the area. The Malacanang report estimates Beijing will likely start land reclamation work at Fiery Cross Reef and Subi Reef first. China has built a formidable garrison at Fiery Cross Reef, where some 200 Chinese troops are stationed and which contains air and surface search radars as well as satellite data transmission facilities. The Fiery Cross Reef garrison also has helicopter landing pads and a wharf. The Fiery Cross Reef garrison is heavily armed with naval guns and is considered as China’s main headquarters within the Philippines’ Kalayaan Island Group. The Chinese garrison in Subi Reef also has around 200 troops stationed, as well as helicopter landing pads. Senior Aquino Administration officials noted, however, China may hold off from any activity at Mischief Reef due to its proximity to the Philippines. Officials said Beijing expects Manila to adopt a more aggressive diplomatic stance and attract more international attention should there be any land reclamation activity at Mischief Reef. The Philippines and China already had several clashes over Mischief Reef. From several octagonal structures on stilts that first drew Manila’s uproar in 1995, China now has at least four building complexes in Mischief Reef, and over a hundred soldiers guarding the communications facilities, docks and landing pad. The geopolitical analysis website Stratfor pointed out China is using the strategy of oil exploration activities and land reclamation activities to enforce its claim over the disputed Spratlys and Paracel Islands. In its recent paper on rising tensions between China and Vietnam over the Paracel Islands, Stratfor said Beijing’s use of oil exploration activities is one example of how “it is firming up its presence and gradually eroding other claimants’ ability to challenge its supremacy.” Stratfor says Beijing will continue to push its boundaries using this strategy as it still has to build up its navy’s logistical capability. “China’s navy is not good enough to overcome the logistical challenges such distances present, so its ability to project its dominance throughout the maritime sphere is limited,” Stratfor said. According to Stratfor, Beijing will continue with its three-step strategy: 1. Use the nine – dash line as a historical justification for its continued operations in disputed waters; 2. Enforce its claim in “tactically advantageous areas where it has an actual presence,” such as the Paracels and Scarborough Shoal; 3. Continue to develop its military and technological capability to carefully push its maritime boundaries farther “without antagonizing all of its neighbors at once.” http://www.interaksyon.com/article/88958/china-land-reclamation-may-soon-cover-3-more-sites-seen-as-tool-for-supremacy---report |
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| Flipzi | Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:27 pm Post #22 |
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CHINA’S RECLAMATION PROJECTS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA Manila (AFP) - The Philippines said on Saturday it had filed a protest with Beijing for reclaiming land on a disputed South China Sea reef, the fourth such complaint in three months. The new protest over reclamation at the McKeenan Reef in the Spratly Islands chain further heats up an increasingly tense dispute over the waters where China has been accused of using bullying tactics against other claimants. Foreign department spokesman Charles Jose said the protest was filed last week. "They are doing reclamation work," he said in a brief statement. He did not say if China had responded. The Philippines previously filed an objection against China in April after monitoring large-scale reclamation and earth-moving activity on Johnson South Reef, which it said might be intended to turn the tiny outcrop into an island with an airstrip. It later announced a similar challenge over Chinese reclamation at Gaven and Cuateron Reef. China has previously brushed aside such protests, saying the outcrops are part of its territory. All four reefs were already occupied by Chinese forces but are also claimed by the Philippines. China claims the Spratly Islands along with nearly all of the South China Sea, which contains vital sea routes and is also believed to hold large mineral resources. The Philippines, along with Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan have conflicting claims to parts or all of the same territory, which has led to tense confrontations in recent years. In recent weeks, China and Vietnam have traded accusations of their ships ramming each other after China set up an oil rig in a South China Sea area also claimed by Vietnam. The Philippines asked a United Nations tribunal in March to declare China's claim to most of the South China Sea illegal. However, China has refused to take part in the proceedings. http://news.yahoo.com/philippines-protests-over-chinese-reef-reclamation-062849970.html |
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Alfred Alexander L. Marasigan Manila, Philippines getflipzi@yahoo.com http://z6.invisionfree.com/flipzi " Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them!" " People don't care what we know until they know we care." | |
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| Flipzi | Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:15 am Post #23 |
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Chinese media: China will challenge the US in South China Sea POSTED BY CHANKAIYEE2 ⋅ JUNE 16, 2014 The following is a summary of translations from Chinese media: China’s large-scale reclamation of land on five reefs to set up military, fishing, fish farming and tourism bases in the South China Sea and construction of a school on Woody Island have given rise to quite lot of speculation amongst Western military experts. They believe that China is building the Chinese version of Diego Garcia. The US military base on the island of Diego Garcia enables the US to control the Indian Ocean. The US believed a military base on Fiery Cross Reef would play a similar but much smaller role, as the artificial island built there would not be large enough. However, supplemented by other facilities on the artificial islands built on other reefs, a military base on Fiery Cross Reef will be able to control the entire South China Sea. It turns out that China is actually building a comprehensive base on Johnson South Reef where there is a lagoon, like that on Diego Garcia. The combined navy, air force and army capabilities there including the short- and medium-range ground-based missiles will be hard for the US to deal with. At the same time, according to the Sansha City government’s website, China has begun construction of a school at a cost of 36 million yuan (US$6 million) on Woody Island for civilians’ and officers’ children. There are now only 40 children there for the school, but China foresees that due to its intensive development in the South China Sea, there will be enough children to fill the expensive school. Writer Hugh White says in his new book “The China Choice: Why We Should Share Power” that over the past few years, China’s self-confidence in the South China Sea is worth US attention. China directly challenges the US position as the major naval force and maintainer of the old regional order there. White says that America can no longer assume that China will flinch in the face of a military challenge, as China used to do in the past. China will never do so in the future. America should conduct shrewd diplomacy to avoid escalation of confrontation, clarify what are its real interests in the Asia-Pacific region and define what is essential in its Asian strategy, that it will never be deprived of. Sources: huanqiu.com “Regarding the speculation on China’s construction of navy and air base on Spratly Islands, Foreign media says China will not flinch in the face of US challenge” and “Experts: China shall ignore US, Philippines’ anger at China’s construction of a school in Sansha City” (summary by Chan Kai Yee based on the reports in Chinese) http://chinadailymail.com/2014/06/16/chinese-media-china-will-challenge-the-us-in-south-china-sea/ |
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Alfred Alexander L. Marasigan Manila, Philippines getflipzi@yahoo.com http://z6.invisionfree.com/flipzi " Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them!" " People don't care what we know until they know we care." | |
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| Flipzi | Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:16 am Post #24 |
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![]() PH to China: stop construction, let’s talk by Uel Balenia 16/06/2014 “Let’s call for a moratorium in terms of activities that escalate tension,” DFA Secretary Albert del Rosario said to ANC. “Now, let’s do that while we work on an expeditious conclusion of the code of conduct and effective implementation.” “They’re accelerating their expansion agenda for the following reasons, what are they? One is they want to do this before the conclusion of the code of conduct,” del Rosario said. “They’re also trying to do this very quickly in anticipation of the handing down of the tribunal award.” PCOO Secretary Sonny Coloma said with regards to del Rosario’s call, “The Secretary of Foreign Affairs is the President’s alter-ego in his sphere of action and the Philippines has always been advocating the peaceful settlement of disputes. So dialogues among parties that have conflicting claims on maritime entitlements in the West Philippine Sea or the South China Sea will be well-advised to consider dialogues as a worthy channel for expressing their views and for gaining a better of each other’s position.” http://www.angmalaya.net/nation/2014/06/16/1080-ph-to-china-stop-construction-lets-talk Right on, Sec. del Rosario! Keep it up! Edited by Flipzi, Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:47 am.
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Alfred Alexander L. Marasigan Manila, Philippines getflipzi@yahoo.com http://z6.invisionfree.com/flipzi " Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them!" " People don't care what we know until they know we care." | |
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| Flipzi | Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:37 pm Post #25 |
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Philippines To Request For A Quicker Tribunal Resolution For West PH Sea by Ruser Mallari 18/06/2014 | 3:19 Posted in Nation “Since China is not participating, perhaps we could get a quicker resolution from the tribunal,” Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a report by GMA News Online. “What we want to do because China is not participating and because the situation is getting worse every day in the South China Sea, I am asking our retainers in the US if we can present a request to the tribunal if they can hasten the process,” del Rosario added. “We obviously have a situation that is exacerbating there and we need to do something urgently to be able to curtail a possible jeopardy,” the foreign secretary said. Experts say if China continues to be not participating in the arbitration the Hague-based court may come up to a ruling by 2015. The foreign secretary may be asking for a more earlier resolution. Once decision is released it will be legally binding on all parties and is not appealable http://www.angmalaya.net/nation/2014/06/18/1127-philippines-to-request-for-a-quicker-tribunal-resolution-for-west-ph-sea RIGHT ON, SEC. DEL ROSARIO! |
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Alfred Alexander L. Marasigan Manila, Philippines getflipzi@yahoo.com http://z6.invisionfree.com/flipzi " Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them!" " People don't care what we know until they know we care." | |
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| Flipzi | Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:00 am Post #26 |
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China sends four oil rigs to South China Sea amid regional tensions June 20, 2014 1:01pm (Updated 5:27 p.m.) BEIJING - China has sent four oil rigs into the South China Sea in a sign that Beijing is stepping up its exploration for oil and gas in the tense region, less than two months after it positioned a giant drilling platform in waters claimed by Vietnam. Coordinates posted on the website of China's Maritime Safety Administration showed the Nanhai number 2 and 5 rigs had been deployed roughly between southern China and the Pratas islands, which are occupied by Taiwan. The Nanhai 4 rig was towed close to the Chinese coast. The agency did not say who owns the rigs. Earlier this week, it gave coordinates for a fourth rig, the Nanhai 9, which it said would be positioned just outside Vietnam's exclusive economic zone by Friday. The announcement comes at a time when many countries in Asia, particularly Vietnam and the Philippines, are nervous at China's increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea, where sovereignty over countless islands and reefs is in dispute. The Global Times, a popular tabloid published by the Communist Party's official People's Daily, quoted Zhuang Guotu, director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Xiamen University, as calling the rig deployment a "strategic move." "The increase in oil rigs will inevitably jab a sensitive nerve for Vietnam and the Philippines," Zhuang said. China's state oil behemoth CNOOC Ltd has said it had four new projects scheduled to come on stream in the western and eastern South China Sea in the second half of 2014. It was unclear if the four rigs were part of those projects. A CNOOC spokesman declined to comment, but the company has long said that in a bid to boost production it wanted to explore in deeper waters off China. CNOOC has said it would increase by up to a third its annual capital spending for 2014 to almost $20 billion. Anti-Chinese violence flared in Vietnam last month after a $1 billion deepwater rig owned by CNOOC Group, the parent of the listed unit, was parked 240 km (150 miles) off the coast of Vietnam. Hanoi says the rig is in its 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone and on its continental shelf. China has said the rig was operating completely within its waters. China claims about 90 percent of the potentially energy-rich South China Sea. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have claims to parts of the waters. — Reuters http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/366552/news/world/china-sends-four-oil-rigs-to-south-china-sea-amid-regional-tensions |
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| Flipzi | Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:14 am Post #27 |
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![]() CHINA'S NEW MAP IS A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ANOTHER ACT OF CHINA'S PROVOCATION, AMBITIOUS EXPANSIONISM AND BASELESS CLAIM OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AREAS - DFA China publishes new map MANILA, Philippines—China has published a new map of the entire country including the islands in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) in order to “better show” its territorial claim over the region. The government-run Xinhua news agency of China published photos of the map made by Hunan Map Publishing House and said in the caption “Islands in South China Sea share the same scale with mainland and are better shown than traditional maps.” The map shows China’s claim over the South China Sea by marking ten dash lines around the region just off the coasts of Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines’ islands of Palawan and Luzon. China’s claim over the region, believed to be rich in oil and natural gas and a vital shipping route, has been challenged by the Philippines before the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (Itlos). Several reclamation activities on reefs in the Spratly Islands are being conducted by China as shown by a series of aerial photographs of Mabini reef (Johnson South Reef) released by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The reclamation is regarded as China’s way of furthering its “expansionist agenda” in the region, DFA secretary Albert del Rosario said in previous media interviews. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio debunked China’s historical claims in public lectures saying that “There is not a single ancient map, whether made by Chinese or foreigners, showing that the Spratlys and Scarborough Shoal were ever part of Chinese territory.” “China’s so-called historical facts to justify its nine-dash line are glaringly inconsistent with actual historical facts, based on China’s own historical maps, constitutions and official pronouncements,” Carpio said. China remains in control of large parts of the South China Sea and Chinese maritime security vessels have repeatedly used water cannons to drive away Filipino fishermen from Scarborough Shoal and from areas in the Spratly Islands. http://globalnation.inquirer.net/107107/china-publishes-new-map#ixzz35d8vbR6m DFA criticized the '10-dash line map' that China revealed, which claims the territories of its neighbors. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Charles Jose said that this is a violation of international law. He called this as "ambitious expansionism" and another reckless act by China that further heightens tension in the West Philippine Sea amidst China's announcement that it will not do anything to cause further antagonize the situation and shamelessly claim that it nonetheless has the right to do what it wants since it it says China owns the areas. Reference: 10-dash line' map ng China, binanatan ng Pilipinas http://dzmm.abs-cbnnews.com/news/National/'10-dash_line'_map_ng_China,_binanatan_ng_Pilipinas.html Edited by Flipzi, Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:17 am.
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Alfred Alexander L. Marasigan Manila, Philippines getflipzi@yahoo.com http://z6.invisionfree.com/flipzi " Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them!" " People don't care what we know until they know we care." | |
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| Flipzi | Fri Feb 6, 2015 1:19 am Post #28 |
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A SHIP FROM THE CHINESE COAST GUARD WHO GAVE ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED SCARBOROUGH SHOAL HAVE AGAIN DRIVEN AWAY FILIPINO FISHERMEN - the chinese ship sideswept the 3 wooden fishing boats damaging their outriggers. Mga Pilipinong mangingisda, hinarass ng Chinese Coast Guard sa Bajo de Masinloc Date posted: Feb 5, 2015 10:10pm Reporter: Lei Alviz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwJlVoBqOPY MORE http://w11.zetaboards.com/NDSFP/topic/9802884/1/ |
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Alfred Alexander L. Marasigan Manila, Philippines getflipzi@yahoo.com http://z6.invisionfree.com/flipzi " Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them!" " People don't care what we know until they know we care." | |
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