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| A handout photo shows two Chinese surveillance ships which sailed between a Philippines warship and eight Chinese fishing boats to prevent the arrest of any fishermen in the Scarborough Shoal, in this April 10 photo. (Philippine Army/Reuters/File) |
The move comes amid rising tensions between China and its neighbors over disputed islands in the resource rich area.
June 28, 2012
By Ben Blanchard, Judy Hua, and David Stanway
Reuters
Beijing
China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tension over the potentially resource-rich area.
Asked about what China would do in response to Vietnamese air patrols over the Spratly Islands, the ministry's spokesman, Geng Yansheng, said China would "resolutely oppose any militarily provocative behavior."
"In order to protect national sovereignty and our security and development interests, the Chinese military has already set up a normal, combat-ready patrol system in seas under our control," he said.
"The Chinese military's resolve and will to defend territorial sovereignty and protect our maritime rights and interests is firm and unshakeable," Mr. Geng added, according to a transcript on the ministry's website of comments at a briefing.
He did not elaborate. The ministry does not allow foreign reporters to attend its monthly briefings.
China is involved in long-running disputes with Vietnam and the Philippines about ownership of the South China Sea and its myriad, mostly uninhabited, islands and atolls. Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei also have claims.
Last week, China said it "vehemently opposed" a Vietnamese law asserting sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands, which straddle key shipping lanes and are thought to contain rich energy reserves.
That row came days after an easing in a months-long standoff between China and the Philippines, but shows the persistent cycle of territorial frictions triggered by what some see as China's growing assertiveness in the area.
The South China Sea is potentially the biggest flashpoint for confrontation in Asia, and tensions have risen since the United States adopted a policy last year to reinforce its influence in the region.
At stake is control over what are believed to be significant reserves of oil and gas.
CNOOC, China's offshore oil specialist, said on its website last weekend that it would invite foreign partners to explore jointly and develop nine blocks in the western part of the South China Sea this year.
On Tuesday, Vietnam said CNOOC's plan was "illegal" and the blocks encroached on Vietnamese territorial waters.
At a regular briefing on Wednesday, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hong Lei, insisted that the tenders were in accord with Chinese and international law and urged Vietnam not to escalate the dispute.
19 comments:
Before the Polynesians, Khmer-Mon came there were only Han tribes.
With God helps we will take back all our land that our ancestors owned.
Laos and Vietnam are ours already, and our Chinese (Hans) are everywhere in South East Asia.
I've a lot of chinese friends from Shanghai/Bejing working and discussing with me about Vietnam.
China helped Vietnam $ 152 billions during 11 years of Vietnama war against USA in South Vietnam and Cambodia under Prince Sihanouk helped the NVA/Vietcong to use Ho Chiminh trails across the border of Cambodia included Kg. Som port. Even the USA under president Lyndon B. Johnson had enough froofs against Prince Sihanouk in 1963, but Sihanouk had tried to hide those proofs and fought USA back in hope to get some portion from Vietnam.
Result:
- China has get nothings from Vietnam. And the Vietnam used the Chinese weapons fought China back in 1979. China is absolute sour till now.
- Cambodia get now as new Vietnam colony as soon as Indochina forderation.
Future Goal :
That is time for China to punish Vietnam and Cambodia will get also our land back, we are just waiting for this event.
Don't forget we (Khmer and China) have had a good relation since 2nd century. That is the proof.
CA
11:57 PM Dumbass, Chinese will not do it for free, remember Khmer Rouge, I hope your dumb fuck will still be alive when that event happens. Asshole
ILLUSIONS!!! ILLUSIONS!!!
SINCE WHEN ANY INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS BENEFIT CAMBODIA. STOP DREAMING AND GET REAL. < HELP YOURSELF ONLY THEN GOD WILL HELP YOU >
SI ENG KRUY
As a matter fun both of you 12:58 AM are really really really DUMB, i think.
No surprise. Vietnam is known to have bitten every hand that fed or helped it.
Cambodia is a trusted ally of China and will remain so for ever. I hope China will help us, Cambodia, beat this arch enemy [thief and cruel race yuon87 ueroesn]so hard that it will never dare to cause trouble in SEA again.
No surprise. Vietnam is known to have bitten every hand that fed or helped it.
Cambodia is a trusted ally of China and will remain so for ever. I hope China will help us, Cambodia, beat this arch enemy [thief and cruel race yuon87 ueroesn]so hard that it will never dare to cause trouble in SEA again.
Yuon race want to conquer Cambodia and Laos so that it becomes stronger and later cause serious trouble to China.
I hope China see and understand yuon strategy. By helping Cambodia, China not only solve problem for Cambodia but also her future problem with Vietnam.
Remember Vietnam will ally with other superpower to contain China. Cambodia is China's best ally to contain Vietnam.
go china go! cambodia has experience and know what it's like to lose koh tral island by a much larger neighboring country, so for that case, why not use china size as well to protect and keep your islands and natural resources in the south china sea! i'm sure youn or vietnam used their size against cambodia, so why not china do the same to protect and keep all those china islands? go china!
don't mess with china, ok. i told you vietnam or youn country is only a province of china, you know. imagine how cambodia feel about vietnam or youn country using their size to threat and steal from cambodia. i told you what goes around comes around, so stop crying, ok, youn thugs! next time, stop steal and return koh tral island back to cambodia, ok! and stop using your size to threat and steal from cambodia like those siem thugs did to cambodia, ok! more power to china and cambodia!
the question is what gave youn country or vietnam the right to steal koh tral island from cambodia in the first place?
Chinese only knows Khmers are stupid, we eat up the viet then we will erase Khmer too, love your Khmer pussies
send more tao-hou to the chinese troupe.
Lucky day can be changed to unlucky
day so time can be changed.
Today Vietnam is happy to take Khmer
land,tomorrow it'll be lost.Who knows!
Everything must be changed,not stay
the same forever.
CA 11:57 PM,
You said "- China has get nothings from Vietnam. And the Vietnam used the Chinese weapons fought China back in 1979. China is absolute sour till now."
:) You ant' see nothing yet. How long will Vietnam run from China? Chinese people can walk into Vietnam and Laos to play Casino without passports, but Viets and Lao cannot walk into China without passports.
Just bomb the dog's shit out of those Viets!
Baay Kdaing
Oh well..who cares about Ah khmerplur eng oss niss...blarrrrr ban te mort.. min prom tov juy ah hunsen clear the forest.
I WILL TO FUCK YOUR A WORLD TOO!ENJOY YOURSELF!VIVA KHMER IN THE FUTURE ASAP!!!
Hey! China kicked the Viet ass one time already and I don't a reason why China does not do the second times! It is time for China to kick the Viet ass again!
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