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| The Kalayaan, Panatag & other disputed islands; Future conflict zones? | |
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| israeli | Dec 18 2005, 10:29 AM Post #31 |
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well, maybe we can have a joint agreement to explore for oil and other resources in those islands but then i do not trust the Communist Chinese. sooner or later, they will do to the Spratlys and Palawan the same thing that they did in the Paracels not so long ago.
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| flipzi | Dec 19 2005, 05:46 PM Post #32 |
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Dont forget their style! Talk and take ... then talk a lot more! Just like what they did with Mischief Reef |
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| jammerjamesky | Jan 4 2006, 08:32 AM Post #33 |
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Taiwan renews claim over Spratlys, calls for talks to solve dispute TAIPEI, Jan 3 (AFP) - Taiwan on Tuesday rejected Vietnam's demand that it stop building a runway in the Spratly Islands, reaffirming its claim to the island group but calling for a peaceful solution to the dispute. The Spratlys and three other island groups in the South China Sea "are part of this country's territory," the foreign ministry said in a statement. It said Taiwan was building a runway on Taiping, the largest island which is known as Ba Binh in Vietnamese, for logistical support and humanitarian assistance. Taiwan has "no military motivation behind the runway nor has it any intention to provoke regional tensions," it said. Vietnam's foreign ministry last week described the building of the runway as a "severe violation of Vietnam's sovereignty" and said it would have a negative impact on peace, stability and increased regional cooperation. Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia, and the Philippines claim all or part of the potentially oil-rich Spratlys. All claimants except Brunei have troops based on the archipelago of more than 100 islets, reefs and atolls, which have a total land mass of less than five square kilometres (two square miles). Wednesday, January 04, 2006 6:47:55 PM Source |
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| flipzi | Jan 4 2006, 01:24 PM Post #34 |
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Ayan na po! Well, AFP and PGMA maghanda-handa na kayo. Mas matapang pa Vietnam at Taiwan sa tin ngayun. |
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| israeli | Jan 4 2006, 03:00 PM Post #35 |
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we Filipinos only act when everything is too late. perhaps a war in the South China Sea ala-Paracel Islands will awaken us from our slumber.
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| flipzi | Jan 4 2006, 06:16 PM Post #36 |
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PGMA should not repeat FVR's folly when the Chinese assualted Mischief Reef. Else, we will be pounding on her hard in this forum when another reef or shoal or island or islet is taken from us!
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| Fmr TOPP Awardee 82'PNP | Jan 5 2006, 06:18 AM Post #37 |
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The Spratlys could be a future battleground for "david and GOLIATH.'
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| jammerjamesky | Jan 5 2006, 10:07 AM Post #38 |
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Let them finish their airport.It is their prerogative to build and use their islands. And to left the PLA in the area without an airport. Let see what China's next move in the island after an agreement was signed last year. |
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| flipzi | Jan 5 2006, 01:27 PM Post #39 |
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Nice idea.
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| israeli | Mar 16 2006, 09:37 PM Post #40 |
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http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?in...&story_id=69623 Taiwan may redispatch troops to disputed Spratlys--official First posted 09:10pm (Mla time) Mar 16, 2006 Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's defense minister has said the island is considering redispatching troops to an island in the South China Sea to fend off a possible Chinese attack, a newspapers and officials said on Thursday. At a Wednesday legislative briefing on Taiwan's defense capabilities, Lee Jye said the military may deploy Marines to Taiping island in the disputed Spratlys chain, the United Daily News reported. Taiwanese troops occupied the island until 1990, when they were withdrawn ostensibly because of difficulties supplying them. Lee made his remarks after a lawmaker asked if troops from bases in Taiwan could reach Taiping in time to fend off a Chinese invasion. A Defense Ministry official, requesting customary anonymity, confirmed the report. The Spratly Islands consist of about 100 barren islets, reefs and atolls dotting the world's busiest shipping lanes in the South China Sea. Vietnam, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei each claim all or part of the low-lying islands, believed to be rich in oil, gas and fish stocks. Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949, and China has threatened an invasion if Taiwan formalizes its de facto independence. Late last year, Taiwan began building a runway in Taiping, saying the project was for coastal patrol, fishing and emergency medical needs, and was not a military facility. China and Vietnam, which have both built permanent structures in the Spratlys, had violent clashes over the island group in 1988 and 1992. Other countries have also engaged in low-level skirmishes over their own claims. |
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The Spratlys could be a future battleground for "david and GOLIATH.'

8:32 AM Jul 11