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Situation in South China Sea stable, says Beijing
February 2, 2015
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Photo: A Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force P-3 aircraft on a surveillance mission near the East China Sea islands of Senkaku/Diaoyu.
By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star) | Updated February 1, 2015
MANILA, Philippines – With China’s massive and nearly completed reclamation and infrastructure development activities in the South China Sea, Beijing on Friday said the situation in the disputed territory is “stable.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying downplayed a move by Japan to extend air patrols into the South China Sea as a counterweight to a growing fleet of Chinese vessels.
Admiral Robert Thomas, Commander of the Seventh Fleet of the US Navy, welcomed Japan’s move, saying that allies, partners and friends in the region will see the Japanese more and more as a stabilizing function, and that operations by Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces in the South China Sea will make sense in the future.
Japan’s P-1 maritime patrol aircraft
“The situation in the South China Sea is stable. China maintains good neighborly and friendly relations with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries,” Hua said in a press conference in Beijing.
The United States slammed China’s problematic behavior and the “wholesale” reclamation Beijing has undertaken in the South China Sea, saying it is the source of clear anxiety and instability in the region.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel said in October that the US talked to the Chinese about the importance of practical behavior, whether it has to do with the movement of coast guard or military ships, or with the promulgation of unilateral rules that purport to exercise authority over what is regarded by others either as contested space or as international space.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/02/01/1418941/situation-south-china-sea-stable-says-Beijing
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Photo: A Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force P-3 aircraft on a surveillance mission near the East China Sea islands of Senkaku/Diaoyu.
By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star) | Updated February 1, 2015
MANILA, Philippines – With China’s massive and nearly completed reclamation and infrastructure development activities in the South China Sea, Beijing on Friday said the situation in the disputed territory is “stable.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying downplayed a move by Japan to extend air patrols into the South China Sea as a counterweight to a growing fleet of Chinese vessels.
Admiral Robert Thomas, Commander of the Seventh Fleet of the US Navy, welcomed Japan’s move, saying that allies, partners and friends in the region will see the Japanese more and more as a stabilizing function, and that operations by Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces in the South China Sea will make sense in the future.
Japan’s P-1 maritime patrol aircraft
“The situation in the South China Sea is stable. China maintains good neighborly and friendly relations with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries,” Hua said in a press conference in Beijing.
The United States slammed China’s problematic behavior and the “wholesale” reclamation Beijing has undertaken in the South China Sea, saying it is the source of clear anxiety and instability in the region.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel said in October that the US talked to the Chinese about the importance of practical behavior, whether it has to do with the movement of coast guard or military ships, or with the promulgation of unilateral rules that purport to exercise authority over what is regarded by others either as contested space or as international space.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/02/01/1418941/situation-south-china-sea-stable-says-Beijing
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Nguyen Chi Thanh, the owner and captain of fishing boat QNg96093, is seen on his vessel after it was attacked by Chinese forces on January 7, 2015.
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Chủ tàu Trần Văn Quang và chiếc mỏ neo bị tàu lạ đâm lút vào mũi tàu. Ảnh: Đức Nguyễn.
Chinese ship attacks Vietnamese fishing boat — Từ Hoàng Sa trở về: Tàu cá Việt bị tàu Trung Quốc đâm tơi tả
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Above: A before and after picture of China’s reclamation work on one islet in the South China Sea. Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines claim many of the islands now claimed by China. The United States has called on China to stop the land reclamation project that could be large enough to accommodate an airstrip. Beijing has called those remarks “irresponsible”, signaling that it would firmly reject proposals by any country to freeze any activity that may raise tension.
Reclamation: China has already turned a worthless piece of coral into an island big enough for an airstrip at Fiery Cross reef in the South China Sea
China says it owns all the South China Sea north of the “nine dash line” shown above
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Nguyen Chi Thanh, the owner and captain of fishing boat QNg96093, is seen on his vessel after it was attacked by Chinese forces on January 7, 2015.
Tuoi Tre
Two More Vietnamese Fishing Boats Attacked by Chinese Vessels
Chủ tàu Trần Văn Quang và chiếc mỏ neo bị tàu lạ đâm lút vào mũi tàu. Ảnh: Đức Nguyễn.
Chinese ship attacks Vietnamese fishing boat — Từ Hoàng Sa trở về: Tàu cá Việt bị tàu Trung Quốc đâm tơi tả
Photo: Captain Pham Quang Thanh on the fishing boat that was fired at by a Chinese naval boat off Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands of Vietnam on March 20, 2013
A China Coast Guard ship rams a Vietnamese vessel during the Summer 2014 stand-off between China and Vietnam near China’s oil rig in Vietnamese waters
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A photo taken Monday, June 2, 2014, shows a Vietnamese fishing boat, which reportedly was sunk by a Chinese ship after an intentional ramming by the Chinese. The Fishing boat is being lifted out of the water at a shipyard in the central coastal city of Danang. Vietnamese TV has reported another ship was also rammed by a Chinese vessel in waters off the disputed Paracel Islands. AFP/Getty Images
China often encounters maritime patrol aircraft from the U.S. and Japan with Chinese fighter jets. This Chinese J-11 aircraft was photographed by a U.S. Navy P-8 crew over international waters in the South China Sea on August 19, 2014. The U.S. protested the “dangerous airmanship” of the pilot.
Above: A before and after picture of China’s reclamation work on one islet in the South China Sea. Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines claim many of the islands now claimed by China. The United States has called on China to stop the land reclamation project that could be large enough to accommodate an airstrip. Beijing has called those remarks “irresponsible”, signaling that it would firmly reject proposals by any country to freeze any activity that may raise tension.
Reclamation: China has already turned a worthless piece of coral into an island big enough for an airstrip at Fiery Cross reef in the South China Sea
China says it owns all the South China Sea north of the “nine dash line” shown above
China claims ownership of about 90% of the South China Sea. Most of China’s neighbors believe otherwise.
The chart below shows the area declared by China on 1 January 2014 as “an area under China’s jurisdiction.” China says “foreign fishing vessels” can only enter and work in this area with prior approval from China. Vietnam, the Philippines and others have said they will not comply with China’s law. Experts say, this could be the geographic area that China could declare an air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
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