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China tightening grip on Spratlys; merge threads, updates
Topic Started: Jun 25 2012, 06:46 PM (30,293 Views)
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From the AP via the Philippine Star:

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China begins drilling for oil in disputed sea

By Chris Brummitt (Associated Press) | Updated May 5, 2014 - 2:26pm

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam protested a Chinese decision to begin drilling for oil in disputed Southeast Asian waters, calling the move illegal Monday and demanding that Beijing pull back from the area.

Beijing's deployment of its first deep sea rig was the latest in a series of provocative actions aimed at asserting its sovereignty in the South China that have raised tensions with Vietnam, the Philippines and other claimants.


The United States shares many of the regional concerns about China's actions in the seas, which are potentially rich in gas and oil. Last week, President Barack Obama signed a new defense pact with the Philippines aimed at reassuring allies in the region of American backing as they wrangle with Beijing's growing economic and military might.

The China Maritime Safety Administration posted a navigational warning on its website advising that the CNOOC 981 rig would be drilling in the South China Sea from May 4 to Aug. 15, in an area close to the Paracel Islands, which are controlled by China but Vietnam claims as their own.

It said ships entering a 3-mile (4.8-kilometers) radius around the area are prohibited.

Vietnam's foreign ministry said the area where the rig was stationed lay within Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf as defined by the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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Many analysts believe China is embarking on a strategy of gradually pressing its claims in the water by seeing what it can get away with, believing that its much smaller neighbors will be unable or unwilling to stop them. Vietnam has accused Chinese ships of cutting cables to its exploration vessels and harassing fishermen, as has the Philippines.

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PLA may build airfield on disputed South China Sea island
2014-05-04


China, aided by the People's Liberation Army Navy, may soon build a military facility on the disputed Johnson South Reef to expand its scope in the region, according to Duowei News, an outlet run by overseas Chinese.

The reef, part of the contested Spratly islands in the South China Sea, is currently under Chinese administration but also claimed by Vietnam. It belongs to Sansha prefecture, a prefecture-level city of southern China's Hainan province established in 2012, comprising the Spratly islands, the Paracel islands and the Macclesfield Bank. The entire Chinese territory is disputed.

China has learned valuable lessons from the Johnson South Reef Skirmish with Vietnam in 1988, when Beijing found that it would be close to impossible to drive Vietnam out of the Spratlys without a strong air force.



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looks like its confirmed ^^

DFA: China reclaiming land in disputed sea

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/05/14/1323023/dfa-china-reclaiming-land-disputed-sea

looks like a dual purpose base to me, for having a base to counter vietnam and to counter us. haaay, this is madness! can any world governing body do anything about this? an arbitration is ongoing, yet theyre doing this? i think theyre rushing the construction before any judgemnt is passed. and i think the purpose of them not joining the arbitration is for them not stopping any activities in the spratlys. theryre mocking everything ang everyone. somebody should clip this giant before it gets too big to handle. theyre already a handful right now.

maybe, we should be fortifying every island we are still holding or else they will just scoop everything in one motion :devilwink:
IDI@T!!! COWARD!!!
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dewey
May 14 2014, 01:16 PM

DFA: China reclaiming land in disputed sea

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/05/14/1323023/dfa-china-reclaiming-land-disputed-sea

maybe, we should be fortifying every island we are still holding or else they will just scoop everything in one motion :devilwink:


How can this be? Everyone else follows the rules but China makes them up or changes them as the "game" progresses.
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- The Philippines lodged the protest against China last month after surveillance aircraft confirmed, and took pictures of the reclamation and dredging being done by Chinese vessels at the Johnson Reef in the Spratly Islands, which Manila says violates a regional non-aggression pact.

- China replied to the Philippine protest by saying that the reef belonged to it.

- Philippine officials also reported the intrusion by a suspected Chinese research ship last month near a Philippine oilfield off Palawan province, del Rosario said.

- China and ASEAN member states signed a non-binding 2002 declaration urging rival claimant countries to settle their disputes peacefully, refrain from occupying new islands or reefs and launching construction efforts that could raise tensions.


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Two can play the "game" - Second Thomas Shoal / Ayungin Shoal - You can also reply that the reef belongs to you. :rifle:


Edited by Hong Nam, May 14 2014, 03:15 PM.

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china is playing a very dirty game. they say that we should follow the rule of the sea yet theyre not following it. when we resupply our detachment, they holler as if its such a big deal. they do all this "protest \ commotion" while they themselves are doing at a far more worst extent. this is why i say, somebody should keep them in their place and clip their asses while somebody else can, or else everybody will soon be at their mercy. this is really going south :brrt:

grp should really repair the pagasa strip or offer the islands for edca use. that way, everybody can monitor the chinese movements in the area. just imagine a long range radar in pag asa plus a small detachment of US forces there?
IDI@T!!! COWARD!!!
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China rejects PH protest vs airstrip construction on Mabini Reef in Spratlys - DFA
Manuel Mogato, Reuters
Jaime Sinapit, InterAksyon.com
May 14, 2014 11:14 AM


MANILA - China has rejected the Philippine protest over the apparent construction of an airstrip on Mabini Reef (also known as Johnson South Reef) in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.

Philippine Foreign ministry spokesman Charles Jose told Reuters that China had been moving earth and materials to Mabini Reef, known by the Chinese as Chigua, in recent weeks. He said China was reclaiming land in violation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, an informal code of conduct for the region also known as DOC.

If confirmed, the airstrip would be the first built by China on any of the eight reefs and islands it occupies in the Spratly Islands and would mark a significant escalation in tensions involving several nations in the area.


"What we can confirm is that there is ongoing reclamation or earthmoving activities in that portion. I don't know the exact size. Some say it's 500 meters, others say 300 meters, and still others 300 by 300. They have existing structure that has been there for several years already. They have old structures there but now we observed sometime early this year, January or February, we observed it's become bigger and bigger." - Peter Paul Galvez, Defense spokesman



"The construction is a violation of the DOC. It specifies that no new structures should be built. This is a clear violation of the DOC. This is an outright violation of the DOC. We have kept and will keep to it, as we have done in the past, we will keep to our promises under the agreement entered into together with other regional partners and we hope that they do the same."

- anonymous Philippine military official



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dfa should post those photos. then label it as: "china illegally building structures in the johnson reef" . that should make headlines

these should be the reason for all the diversions they present, so that these illegal construction goes on w/o distraction :grrr:
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May 14 2014, 05:53 PM
dfa should post those photos. then label it as: "china illegally building structures in the johnson reef" . that should make headlines

these should be the reason for all the diversions they present, so that these illegal construction goes on w/o distraction :grrr:

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Neue Spannungen im Südchinesischen Meer: China sorgt für Ärger bei anderen Staaten

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"China illegally building structures at Johnson South Reef in direct violation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea!!"




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That's a huge undertaking when you consider this (photo below) was the existing structure a few years ago. It can still be discerned to be on the left side of the current reclamation project.

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However, the Vietnamese must have been this first to notice this activity as they are the ones who control Sin Cowe Island which is within the immediate vicinity.

- Why haven't you heard anything from their side?
- Why did it have to be you (the Philippines) who brought it up at the latest ASEAN conference in Burma?
- Am I right to assume that they were silent with regards to this matter?

Edited by Hong Nam, May 15 2014, 12:03 AM.

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China confirms ongoing work at Mabini Reef, but scoffs at PH protest vs airstrip
Manuel Mogato, Reuters
Jaime Sinapit, InterAksyon.com
May 14, 2014



At a regular press briefing Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, would not confirm the Philippine claim about an air strip being built, but asserted the outcrop was Chinese territory.


"Whatever construction China carries out on the reef is a matter entirely within the scope of China's sovereignty. I don't know what particular intentions the Philippines has in caring so much about this."

- Hua Chunying, Chinese foreign ministry

Last week, the Chinese press downplayed the activity at the reef, saying it was merely to renovate the living facilities for troops stationed there.



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There you go gentlemen...

It's time to start "renovating" the BRP Sierra Madre. Besides it's in the scope of your sovereignty, your territory, and you don't see why the Chinese have to care so much about this.

Edited by Hong Nam, May 15 2014, 12:37 AM.

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now that there are pictures coming out. theres nothing they could do but confirm. liars liars liars! :brrt:

thats right. i think that the cue. grp, you heard them, theres nothing anybody could do when its a matter entirely within the scope of our territory. i think its time invite them seabees to all the islands / shoals thats in our territory and start building them concrete structures. :armycheers:
IDI@T!!! COWARD!!!
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