China Sea Dispute Heating Up
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/12/sea-dispute-escalates-as-china-and-philippines-deploys-more-warships/
China is trying to take the spotlight away from their best friend Communist North Korea, who is about to piss off the world by launching a Intercontinental missile. Why should everyone be angry at North Korea when they can also be angry at Communist Red China.
China has now sent a third ship to support its claim to the area known as Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines.
Philippine warships attempting to arrest the crews of a Chinese fishing fleet that had entered the territory sparked the latest dispute between the two Asian countries.
They were stopped from doing so by the arrival of two Chinese surveillance ships, which then ordered the Philippine warships to leave the area.
They refused arguing that its Philippine territory and have since sent a second warship to the area.
"We're not retreating from our own territory," Alexander Pama, Chief Vice Admiral of the Philippine navy said.
China also claims the rich fishing ground as its own despite it being within 200 nautical miles of the Philippines.
On the surface this would seem to be a minor dispute between two countries but it is in fact part of a much wider problem that may lead to U.S. military involvement.
No other country in the region recognizes China's sovereignty, but that hasn't stopped Beijing from marking its claim by any means it can.
This includes building concrete forts, occupied by troops on isolated coral reefs and placing concrete markers in other areas, even underwater, to support their claim.
Outside powers like the U.S. view the area as a key international waterway in which a large part of world trade passes through. Last year the U.S. said maintaining stability in the area is part of its "national interests."
U.S. aircraft carriers regularly pass through the South China Sea on their way to and from the Middle East.
And the second reason is it is widely believed that under the South China Sea there are huge quantities of oil and gas.
China and other nations who claim all, or part of, the area are hoping it will give them energy security.
The difficulty at the moment is that China is seen in many Asian capitals as a bully who wants to grab all of it and will only negotiate with each country separately.
The US will not be tough on China. Obama might act tough. He might say tough things. But Walmart needs to make sure their store shelves stay packed with Chinese made crap. People need Iphones. People need tainted dog food. Kids need lead covered toys. Obama needs China to continue to lend Billions to the US Government so he can finance his tax cuts for the rich.
So at the end of the day China can do whatever they want and nobody is going to say nothing about it.
China is trying to take the spotlight away from their best friend Communist North Korea, who is about to piss off the world by launching a Intercontinental missile. Why should everyone be angry at North Korea when they can also be angry at Communist Red China.
China has now sent a third ship to support its claim to the area known as Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines.
Philippine warships attempting to arrest the crews of a Chinese fishing fleet that had entered the territory sparked the latest dispute between the two Asian countries.
They were stopped from doing so by the arrival of two Chinese surveillance ships, which then ordered the Philippine warships to leave the area.
They refused arguing that its Philippine territory and have since sent a second warship to the area.
"We're not retreating from our own territory," Alexander Pama, Chief Vice Admiral of the Philippine navy said.
China also claims the rich fishing ground as its own despite it being within 200 nautical miles of the Philippines.
On the surface this would seem to be a minor dispute between two countries but it is in fact part of a much wider problem that may lead to U.S. military involvement.
No other country in the region recognizes China's sovereignty, but that hasn't stopped Beijing from marking its claim by any means it can.
This includes building concrete forts, occupied by troops on isolated coral reefs and placing concrete markers in other areas, even underwater, to support their claim.
Outside powers like the U.S. view the area as a key international waterway in which a large part of world trade passes through. Last year the U.S. said maintaining stability in the area is part of its "national interests."
U.S. aircraft carriers regularly pass through the South China Sea on their way to and from the Middle East.
And the second reason is it is widely believed that under the South China Sea there are huge quantities of oil and gas.
China and other nations who claim all, or part of, the area are hoping it will give them energy security.
The difficulty at the moment is that China is seen in many Asian capitals as a bully who wants to grab all of it and will only negotiate with each country separately.
The US will not be tough on China. Obama might act tough. He might say tough things. But Walmart needs to make sure their store shelves stay packed with Chinese made crap. People need Iphones. People need tainted dog food. Kids need lead covered toys. Obama needs China to continue to lend Billions to the US Government so he can finance his tax cuts for the rich.
So at the end of the day China can do whatever they want and nobody is going to say nothing about it.
posted by res17 at
April 12, 2012
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