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China-Indonesia Territorial Dispute: Chinese South China Sea Occupation Is A "Real Threat"

Indonesia has labeled Chinese claims to the hotly disputed South China Sea waters as a "real threat." Vice Admiral Desi Albert Mamahit, who heads Indonesia's Sea Safety Coordinating Agency, told a maritime security concentrate group that the waters surrounding...

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Indonesia has labeled Chinese claims to the hotly disputed South China Sea waters as a "real threat." Vice Admiral Desi Albert Mamahit, who heads Indonesia's Sea Safety Coordinating Agency, told a maritime security concentrate group that the waters surrounding several of the country’s islands were in jeopardy from an encroaching Chinese presence.

The Jakarta Post reported the maritime locations surrounding the Natuna Islands on the southern portion of the Strait of Malacca technically do not lie inside China’s proposed territorial claims as a result far, but it added China has not clarified its position on Indonesia’s exclusive financial maritime zone. The Strait of Malacca is recognized as a prime strategic location, particularly for military observance of the South China waters.

“This is clearly a genuine threat for Indonesia,” said Desi, who is also a dean at the Defense University. Desi stated Indonesia would want to prepare for moves China could make to further expand its claims in the location.

The forum aimed to establish Bakamla, a sea safety organization, in the location to support help a warning technique and military coordination in the occasion of confrontation.

Indonesia’s caution follows faceoffs between China and numerous Southeast Asian nations involving military ships, fishing boats and oil rigs in disputed waters. “This becomes difficult as there are conflicts between fellow ASEAN member nations and China. It will be difficult to speak in a single voice, despite the fact that so far ASEAN solidarity has often been maintained,” Desi added.

Nations like Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei have been engaged in an ongoing geopolitical energy struggle as China focuses on expanding its occupation of the region. Earlier this summer time, China and Vietnam faced off about the place of a Chinese oil rig, prompting a standoff among Vietnamese and Chinese ships that led to collisions. Ashore in Vietnam, the oil rig dispute triggered anti-Chinese rioting and violence, driving out thousands of Chinese expats.

China is basing its claims on the resource-rich regions based on what they think about to be historical demarcations as proposed by ancient maps of Asia, regardless of being thousands of miles from Hainan, China’s southernmost province. The Philippines has been the most vocal in rebuking China’s claims in the disputed waters lately. The Philippines Institute of Maritime and Ocean Affairs posted a series of ancient maps refuting claims of China’s “historical ownership” of the area. 

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