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2022-11-05 China-Japan-Koreas

China's FM Says South China Sea Claimants Should ‘Jointly Resist' the US

[Antiwar.com] The US has inserted itself in a maritime dispute between China and its neighbors in the region by Dave DeCamp

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on other claimants to the South China Sea to "jointly resist" US pressure in the region, The South China Morning Post reported on Thursday.

China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, and Malaysia all have overlapping claims to the South China Sea. The US has inserted itself into the maritime dispute and formally rejected most of Beijing’s claims in 2020, which has been reaffirmed by the Biden administration.

The US rejected China’s claims under the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), an international treaty that defines the rights of nations to territorial waters. While using UNCLOS to reject Beijing’s claims, the US is not a party to the treaty as it has never been ratified by the Senate.

"Some countries not only refuse to accede to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea but also concoct the Indo-Pacific strategy to compile exclusive small circles, engage in close provocations at sea, show off forces, endanger the peace and tranquillity of the sea. This should be jointly resisted," Wang said, referring to the US.

The Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy was released earlier this year, and the document calls for a greater US presence in the region to counter China with a focus on building alliances and boosting partnerships. Wang has previously said that such an effort could lead to a Ukraine-style "tragedy."

Another aspect of the US involvement in the South China Sea dispute is US naval operations in the disputed waters. Since the Obama administration, the US has sailed warships close to Chinese-controlled islands in the waters, raising tensions with Beijing.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-05 02:22|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
File under: Commies

You risten Wang Yi. Owl oceans berong China.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-05 02:28|| 2022-11-05 02:28|| Front Page Top

#2 And Viet Nam should bring its claim to the Paracel Islands to the UN. The islands were illegally occupied by China during the war in Viet Nam. Old maps deposited in the governing center of Hue provided proof of Vietnamese use and occupation of the Islands for hundreds of years.

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2022-11-05 08:17|| 2022-11-05 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 It looks as if the bubble that Xi lives in is every bit as narrow and self-contained as the one Biden lives in.

Posted by Tom 2022-11-05 08:44|| 2022-11-05 08:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Imagine if a foreign country objected to the US projecting power into the Gulf of Mexico.

Would we appeal to Mexico and Central America to "jointly resist" such a distant foreign nation? What would we say when said this country from the other side of the planet sailed nuclear armed naval vessels around just off our coast? How would that make us feel?

If the answer is "weird and we would make them fuck off because our shores are none of their business" then congratulations, you're a shill for Xi Jinping. How much are they paying you to think that?

Posted by Spike the Hairy6811 2022-11-05 11:28|| 2022-11-05 11:28|| Front Page Top

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