Posted on Apr 10, 2021
Does China own the South China Sea or is China expanding into the South China Sea to deny other countries their share of it?
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The South China Sea is bound in the east by the islands of Taiwan and in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula. This Peninsula consists of Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. The South China Sea basin consists of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and portions of Vietnam. The South China Sea is considered a part of the western Pacific Ocean. All these countries in the basin and in the peninsula, as well as China to the north each claims part of the South China Sea. The Malacca Straits provide for maritime trade across continents, from the American shores to countries in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. Can one nation claim an entire sea or ocean, as China has done in the South China Sea?
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
China claims the entire South China Sea Sea Ma'am and so, China is building islands and establishing military presence on them and around these man-made creations.
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Sgt Jim Belanus
seems to me there is a lot of oil in that region and rubber, makes sense that China wants to control it
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
By building islands and reefs in the SCS, China doesn't own the entire Sea Ma'am. China is bullying lesser powers to accept Chinese expansionism into the SCS. Is there an international maritime watchdog agency that has the powers to prevent Chinese aggression (bullying) over international waters and territorial waters of other nations in the basin? The U.S. and China flexing muscle in the SCS is not the only means of preventing Chinese aggression, we would hope.
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
A1C Mike Allen, the other nations in the SCS basin are lesser powers that cannot prevent China by themselves. The U.S. is not their only protection from Chinese aggression.
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If we desire to enforce Maritime Law as we understand it, we better build economic alliances with India and all southeast Asian countries willing to support the free trade through the Malacca Straits. A 1000 ship Navy with supporting bases comes to mind. Whatever Arab countries that do not want to bow down to China can pitch in too.
We better move quickly. Because, if China does not get what it wants in trade deals with the US, I suspect we will see increased action towards Taiwan. Is Hong Kong already lost?
Has China moved troops to Iran to protect their trade deal with the largest supporter of Islamic terrorism?
General Quarters people! General Quarters! Move your ass!
We better move quickly. Because, if China does not get what it wants in trade deals with the US, I suspect we will see increased action towards Taiwan. Is Hong Kong already lost?
Has China moved troops to Iran to protect their trade deal with the largest supporter of Islamic terrorism?
General Quarters people! General Quarters! Move your ass!
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
Cpl Mark A. Morris, China is in expansionism mode and the rich South China Sea is close to home, so China has claimed the entire sea building islands in it and moving military might on them. China threatens the basin countries and the peninsula nations. Taiwan is already at odds with China and the Quad formed to counter China's expansionism in the SCS and Indian Ocean.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
A thousand ship navy is not going to be possible until thew Navy learns to by ships that do not cost massively more that t what was budgeted for. When was the last time the Navey bough a ship at anywhere near the originally contacted price?
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Cpl Mark A. Morris
1stSgt Nelson Kerr I agree 1stSgt. But we could get close if other countries provided a ship or two that were of high standards in Missile or intel tech.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
Cpl Mark A. Morris - Good idea but pork politicsl would probably stop that from happening.
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Like all bodies of water, nations by international law can claim up to a certain distance off their shores at which point it becomes international waters. But like airspace, territorial waters is always contested. Just ask North and South Koreas fighting over fishing waters off their coastline.
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
China has parked seventy boats in the shoals, which is also claimed by the Philippines and Malaysia
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MAJ James Woods
CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana Hence creating a contested waters situation with baseless claims. Like building artificial islands and reefs as an extension of Chinese lands in order to claim more territorial waters.
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
MAJ James Woods, but then, if China is claiming more than its rightful territory by building islands and reefs in the South China Sea, there must be an international body, which has the power to protect against Chinese expansion into international waters or into territorial waters of other less powerful nations in the SCS basin. The U.S. and China flexing muscle in the SCS and Indian Ocean isn't the solution to Chinese aggression (bullying) to claim the entire Sea. Is there an International Maritime Watchdog agency?
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MAJ James Woods
CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana International bodies like the UN are only as strong as the nations willing to put pressure, enforce international law, and the offending nation is willing to acknowledge and accept the adjudication of the international body. But lets keep it real, no international body exists that can impose its will on any nation in the world. That’s not how it works. Russian aggression in Ukraine and other parts of Eastern Europe is another classic example that international organizations are limited in authority.
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Last I heard is the China Sea connects to the Arctic.
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/china-stakes-its-claim-to-the-arctic/
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/china-stakes-its-claim-to-the-arctic/
China Stakes Its Claim to the Arctic
Beijing’s Arctic White Paper claims interests in the region for China as a “near Arctic state.”
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
South China Sea has no connection to the Arctic Sea, yet it has a connection with the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
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