Beijing’s greed heightens tension over Spratly and Paracel Islands
by Paul N. Hung
Between May and June, Chinese ships have cut the cables of Vietnamese oil exploration vessels. Hanoi’s protests arrive at the UN. A bilateral meeting Vietnam - United States on Cooperation and Security states that all disputes should be resolved through diplomacy.
Hanoi (AsiaNews) - The threatening paramilitary operations conducted by China in Vietnamese territorial waters has laid bare the greed of an atheistic and materialistic country. China is now the second world economic power after the United States and the its communist leaders have demonstrated their willingness to invade weaker countries to steal oil, minerals and all the seas of Southeast Asia.
China is the "World’s Factory", and now the largest creditor in the world want to increase its economic power even by means of political and military fraud. On the occasion of the ASEAN Conference on Security, held in Indonesia earlier this month, Beijing's leaders argued that "China does not want to threaten or invade any country. The Chinese government wants to keep the peace in the South China Sea. The current problem is a dispute over the islands and waters of the Southeastern seas ... ".
This is not true. The "red capitalist leaders" promote an atheistic materialism and are greedily usurping the territorial waters of Vietnam and the Philippines.
Since 1947, when the Communist Party took power in the country, armed conflicts or the invasion of their neighbors have occurred; with regards for Vietnam, in 1974 they invaded the Spratly Islands. And in 1988, Chinese warships opened fire and killed at least one hundred Vietnamese border guards, and illegally occupied seven small islands of the Paracel archipelago.
In June of this year tension between China, Vietnam and the Philippines increased after the fake merchant vessel, in reality "paramilitaries ships" from Beijing, arrived in Vietnamese waters. May 25 and June 9, armed ships secretly cut the cables of Vietnamese ships for oil exploration, the Binh Minh 02 and the Viking II. And by June 15, Beijing had sent a large Coast Guard ship to control navigation, in a clear sign of its ambitions in the "South China Sea." They said the wanted to "control foreign ships in their waters, including the detection of an American reconnaissance vessel."
Since June 17 the strength of the Chinese Maritime surveillance has been growing, so much so that by 2020 its will increase from 9 thousand to 15 thousand. Its ships will number 350 by 2015 and 520 in 2020. All under the State Oceanic Administration the body that oversees the coastal and territorial waters.
The Chinese military operations are creating concerns, anxieties and threaten the peace of the waters of the countries of Southeast Asia. For this very reason, on June 17 the Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations, Lê Minh Luong, during the annual meeting of the signatories of the UN Convention on the Sea (UNCLOS), held in New York, protested the Chinese violations of Vietnamese sovereignty of the Spratly Islands and Paracel islands in Vietnamese waters.
State media in Hanoi reported that "the Chinese paramilitary ships have deliberately cut the cables of the Vietnamese exploration vessels, impairing the operations conducted by Petro Vietnam. The action was the culmination of a series of "invasions" by Chinese ships in Vietnamese territorial waters.
China's actions go against the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982, signed by Beijing and they have also met with the opposition of ASEAN countries. They have also violated the China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and the shared convictions of most influential leaders in the region.
Hanoi, however, explaining its diplomatic relations with China to the media, said that the Chinese side wants to apply appropriate measures to resolve the consequences of the issue and to not allow the repetition of similar events to ensure the strengthening and development of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
Meanwhile, Vietnam and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to promote bilateral relations based on friendship and mutual respect to ensure peace, stability and prosperity to the region.
On 18 June, the Vietnamese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh and Assistant Secretary of State for political-military affairs, Andrew Shapiro, concluded the fourth American-Vietnamese Dialogue on security and defense in Washington. Both expressed satisfaction at the successful development of various sectors that contribute to consolidating the friendship and multifaceted cooperation for mutual benefit.
Security in the Eastern Sea was a central point of the dialogue. Both countries agree that the maintenance of peace, stability and freedom of the sea is in line with the common interest of the international community. All territorial disputes in the East China Sea should be resolved by resorting to diplomatic and cooperation, without pressure or use of force. And any statement on territorial waters must comply with international standards, including the United Nations Convention of 1982.
The U.S. side stated that the recent incidents do not help to promote peace or maintain regional stability, instead they enhance maritime security concerns, in particular on the freedom of the seas, economic development, trade and compliance with international law.
The modalities for the growth of bilateral cooperation in the fields of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, combating terrorism, drug control, the search for missing American and Vietnamese soldiers, assistance for the consequence of 'Agent Orange / Dioxin, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, along with other issues of security and defense were also discussed.
The parties have agreed notes on the growth of ASEAN-US cooperation and issues concerning the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM +) and the East Asia Summit (EAS) .
They also discussed details for the growth of bilateral relations towards a strategic partnership, evoked by the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Hanoi in October 2010.
Both sides reaffirmed the importance of the Declaration on the conduct of the parties in the Eastern Seas (DOC) signed between the ASEAN and China in 2002 and encouraged the need to reach an agreement on a complete code of conduct.
China is the "World’s Factory", and now the largest creditor in the world want to increase its economic power even by means of political and military fraud. On the occasion of the ASEAN Conference on Security, held in Indonesia earlier this month, Beijing's leaders argued that "China does not want to threaten or invade any country. The Chinese government wants to keep the peace in the South China Sea. The current problem is a dispute over the islands and waters of the Southeastern seas ... ".
This is not true. The "red capitalist leaders" promote an atheistic materialism and are greedily usurping the territorial waters of Vietnam and the Philippines.
Since 1947, when the Communist Party took power in the country, armed conflicts or the invasion of their neighbors have occurred; with regards for Vietnam, in 1974 they invaded the Spratly Islands. And in 1988, Chinese warships opened fire and killed at least one hundred Vietnamese border guards, and illegally occupied seven small islands of the Paracel archipelago.
In June of this year tension between China, Vietnam and the Philippines increased after the fake merchant vessel, in reality "paramilitaries ships" from Beijing, arrived in Vietnamese waters. May 25 and June 9, armed ships secretly cut the cables of Vietnamese ships for oil exploration, the Binh Minh 02 and the Viking II. And by June 15, Beijing had sent a large Coast Guard ship to control navigation, in a clear sign of its ambitions in the "South China Sea." They said the wanted to "control foreign ships in their waters, including the detection of an American reconnaissance vessel."
Since June 17 the strength of the Chinese Maritime surveillance has been growing, so much so that by 2020 its will increase from 9 thousand to 15 thousand. Its ships will number 350 by 2015 and 520 in 2020. All under the State Oceanic Administration the body that oversees the coastal and territorial waters.
The Chinese military operations are creating concerns, anxieties and threaten the peace of the waters of the countries of Southeast Asia. For this very reason, on June 17 the Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations, Lê Minh Luong, during the annual meeting of the signatories of the UN Convention on the Sea (UNCLOS), held in New York, protested the Chinese violations of Vietnamese sovereignty of the Spratly Islands and Paracel islands in Vietnamese waters.
State media in Hanoi reported that "the Chinese paramilitary ships have deliberately cut the cables of the Vietnamese exploration vessels, impairing the operations conducted by Petro Vietnam. The action was the culmination of a series of "invasions" by Chinese ships in Vietnamese territorial waters.
China's actions go against the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982, signed by Beijing and they have also met with the opposition of ASEAN countries. They have also violated the China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and the shared convictions of most influential leaders in the region.
Hanoi, however, explaining its diplomatic relations with China to the media, said that the Chinese side wants to apply appropriate measures to resolve the consequences of the issue and to not allow the repetition of similar events to ensure the strengthening and development of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
Meanwhile, Vietnam and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to promote bilateral relations based on friendship and mutual respect to ensure peace, stability and prosperity to the region.
On 18 June, the Vietnamese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh and Assistant Secretary of State for political-military affairs, Andrew Shapiro, concluded the fourth American-Vietnamese Dialogue on security and defense in Washington. Both expressed satisfaction at the successful development of various sectors that contribute to consolidating the friendship and multifaceted cooperation for mutual benefit.
Security in the Eastern Sea was a central point of the dialogue. Both countries agree that the maintenance of peace, stability and freedom of the sea is in line with the common interest of the international community. All territorial disputes in the East China Sea should be resolved by resorting to diplomatic and cooperation, without pressure or use of force. And any statement on territorial waters must comply with international standards, including the United Nations Convention of 1982.
The U.S. side stated that the recent incidents do not help to promote peace or maintain regional stability, instead they enhance maritime security concerns, in particular on the freedom of the seas, economic development, trade and compliance with international law.
The modalities for the growth of bilateral cooperation in the fields of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, combating terrorism, drug control, the search for missing American and Vietnamese soldiers, assistance for the consequence of 'Agent Orange / Dioxin, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, along with other issues of security and defense were also discussed.
The parties have agreed notes on the growth of ASEAN-US cooperation and issues concerning the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM +) and the East Asia Summit (EAS) .
They also discussed details for the growth of bilateral relations towards a strategic partnership, evoked by the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Hanoi in October 2010.
Both sides reaffirmed the importance of the Declaration on the conduct of the parties in the Eastern Seas (DOC) signed between the ASEAN and China in 2002 and encouraged the need to reach an agreement on a complete code of conduct.
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