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| PH Files Case vs China Before UNCLOS Tribunal; Ph challenges China's 9-dash claims in WPS at UN Tribunal | |
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| shoot_to_kill | Sep 21 2013, 01:30 PM Post #251 |
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aliens with chinky eyes- e.t. from outer space except this one doesn't have a big eyes(referring to et the movie but with chinky eyes) they kept denying that they put those structure, it has already been a standard joke here in m5 |
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| Aero | Sep 21 2013, 06:36 PM Post #252 |
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Remember how China helped Vietnam during Vietnam war and now they are killing Vietnamese, The mindset of this communist is really difficult to calculate. Remember even USSR got some skirmish with China during 1969. China even welcomed president Nixon in their country and develop a close tie with the Americans during the period by which China is having conflict withe Soviets. Heck this communist is really crazy they are even killing each other. Sino-Soviet Border Conflict of 1969 |
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| Hong Nam | Sep 21 2013, 10:47 PM Post #253 |
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It's not really about being sensitive. It's about doing what is right. - Chink is considered a racist term by Asian people. Chink is called to someone who is chinese or chinese look-alike(from other asian countries). - a term when used around chinese people, will result in a broken spine, chopped off nuts and chop sticks so far up the ass they'd be shitting splinters for a good month. - term used to describe those of asian descent. it is offensive and does not describe their intense awesomeness. Urban Dictionary - Chink has been compared in degree of offensiveness to terms such as nigger and kike.[20] As with other ethnic slurs, it is often used in conjuncture with violence and discrimination, which may amount to hate crimes. Wikipedia If you read all the definitions... You are actually calling/describing a group of people in a derogatory way. Unaware that most caucasians bigots consider you all as one and the same. It's like your insulting yourself without even knowing it. Ironic isn't it? Then you repeat it again as if it's funny. Well, the joke is on you kid.
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| Mckoyzzz | Sep 28 2013, 03:26 PM Post #254 |
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Legal case against China's West PHL Sea claims gathers pace By GREG TORODE, Reuters September 27, 2013 11:04pm HONG KONG - The Philippines' legal challenge against China's claims in the South China Sea is gathering pace, emerging as a "proxy battle" over Beijing's territorial reach. <snipped> Any result will be unenforceable, legal experts say, but will carry considerable moral and political weight. <snipped> "If the Philippine team submits a less than convincing case...this would be very embarrassing for Manila and put it right back to square one in its dispute with China. "Beijing would also be emboldened to pursue its claims even more assertively than it has been doing over the past few years." Beyond the legal questions, the case carries political and diplomatic risks and is being closely watched by Japan and Vietnam, locked in their own disputes with China over sea territory, officials from both countries say. The United States, which is deepening military ties with the Philippines, a longstanding treaty ally, is also watching. <snipped> European states, Russia, India and South Korea are also monitoring events, given the sea's shipping lanes and potential oil and gas resources, diplomats and military officials say. Manila's frustrations Frustrated by slow progress by the Association of South East Asian Nations in easing tensions and fearing its sovereignty was threatened, Philippines officials said they had no alternative. Unable to contest actual sovereignty in international courts without China's consent, Manila instead launched its arbitration in January - despite formal objections from Beijing. <snipped> Manila's team is preparing arguments to show that the nine-dash line claim is invalid under of the Law of the Sea. They are also seeking clarifications of the territorial limits, under the law, of rocks and shoals such as Scarborough - all part of a bid to confirm the Philippines' rights within its 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone. Philippines' lead counsel Paul Reichler, a Washington-based lawyer with Foley Hoag, told Reuters that his five-strong team included British law professors Philippe Sands and Alan Boyle as well as Bernard Oxman from the University of Miami's law school. Independent legal experts have described the team, managed by the Philippines' Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza, as "formidable", with deep experience of the arcane world of the Law of the Sea, a landmark document approved in the early 1980s. China's anger China has refused to participate, saying the case has "no legal grounds", and is widely expected to reject any outcome its does not agree with. <snipped> Behind the scenes, Chinese diplomats are telling the Philippines' ASEAN peers that the case has no merit, according to diplomats from the 10-nation grouping. Philippines Foreign Ministry officials said Beijing demanded that Manila scrap the case as a condition for a long-planned trip by President Benigno Aquino to a regional trade show in southern China this month. Chinese officials said no invitation was ever offered. The trip never happened. <snipped> The five international judges said the Philippines had until March 30, 2014 to produce written arguments about the case's admissibility and merits. China is a member of the tribunal but has forgone its right to select one of the judges to the panel. Maritime scholar Clive Schofield said the request for the Philippines to provide arguments was potentially favorable. It also meant the case might take less than the three to four years anticipated by Manila when it was launched in January. "It suggests that the Philippines will be able to present its arguments on the merits of the case as soon as the jurisdictional hurdle is overcome...If I was sitting the Philippines' chair right now I would be happier than sitting in China's," said Schofield, a professor at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Schofield described the panel as "irreproachable. These guys are at the very top of their game and I expect it would be very unlikely they would be swayed by political issues." He said that it appeared the panel would not be hostile to China even though it was not contesting the arbitration. Ultimately, the Philippines was anticipating a "good return" on its investment, said Storey, the Singapore-based expert. A favorable ruling would give Manila confidence in developing oil and gas reserves in disputed areas such as the Reed Bank. "Foreign energy companies would also feel more comfortable about investing in areas...that lie within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone," he said. — Reuters GMA |
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| Aero | Sep 30 2013, 12:59 PM Post #255 |
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Off course China will not let big companies get income from there area. BTW we should be the one to extract gas not foreign companies just hire ground surveyor and rigs and pay them and extract gas to bring down cost of oil locally imagine we can half oil cost here. |
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| gammy322 | Sep 30 2013, 06:35 PM Post #256 |
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Philippines hires foreign legal experts for case vs China by Roy Mabasa September 30, 2013 (updated) The Philippines has tapped the services of a group of elite foreign lawyers to help it prepare all documents that must be submitted on March 30, 2014 to United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague. The team of American and British lawyers with extensive experience litigating sovereignty issues in international courts will help the country lodge its complaints against China over the West Philippine Sea territorial dispute. The team, led by Paul Reichler, considered as one of the world’s most respected and experienced practitioners of Public International Law and specializing for more than 25 years in the representation of Sovereign States in disputes with other States, and in disputes with foreign investors. The five-man team also include British law professors Philippe Sands and Alan Boyle, and American law professor Bernard Oxman. They will be managed by Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza. http://www.mb.com.ph/philippines-hires-foreign-legal-experts-for-case-vs-china/ Edited by gammy322, Sep 30 2013, 06:45 PM.
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| Ayoshi | Oct 1 2013, 11:42 AM Post #257 |
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To Isolate Philippines, China Woos ASEAN
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| Hong Nam | Oct 6 2013, 09:10 PM Post #258 |
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China's territorial claims in West Philippine Sea mere claims, not rights - DFA exec By Matikas Santos INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines - China's territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) does not give it the right to the hotly contested territory because they are "just mere claims" and do not adhere to international laws. "There is a fundamental difference between entitlements and claims under international law. Claims are just mere claims that may not necessarily generate rights unless duly proven in an appropriate forum." - Henry Bensurto Jr. Assistant Secretary DFA - West Philippine Sea Center Maritime entitlements, as expressed in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), include a country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and which are "rights that lawfully demand respect from all State-Parties," he added. China claims a large swath of the entire South China Sea including part of the Philippines’ 200 nautical-mile EEZ. The Philippines has filed for arbitration proceedings before the arbitral tribunal of the International Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague pursuant to the UNCLOS. The UNCLOS, recognized as the "Constitution of the oceans," prescribes the rights, obligations, and maritime entitlements that must be respected by all state-parties to the convention. INQUIRER |
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| Hong Nam | Oct 7 2013, 01:35 PM Post #259 |
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Phl Reiterates Rules-Based Approach to Maintain Peace and Stability in the South China Sea DFA - Philipines 04 October 2013 - The Philippines reiterated that adherence to the rule of law is imperative in maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea. |
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| Duminus | Oct 14 2013, 10:22 AM Post #260 |
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A very informative read: American Paralysis and Troubles in the South China Sea: A Primer on the Philippines-China Arbitration |
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