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The Kalayaan, Panatag & other disputed islands; Future conflict zones?
Topic Started: Feb 2 2005, 08:00 PM (156,033 Views)
spraret
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In the near future Indian warships will arrive into the South China Sea. This is a group of destroyers CMD (controlled missile defense).


really? where's the link to this article?
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Jul 19 2011, 11:34 AM
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In the near future Indian warships will arrive into the South China Sea. This is a group of destroyers CMD (controlled missile defense).


really? where's the link to this article?

No where. Only in the imagination of the author I guess. Only true part of the this piece is last month Vietnam's navy chief and deputy minister Vice Admiral Nguyen Van Hien visited India and discussed possibilities of India's help to build capacities of the Vietnamese naval force. Rest is pure imagination. Indians have their hands full of their own regional problems. I dont think New Delhi will ever interfere in ASEAN to take side of one country and make enemies of the others.
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I searched using the title and I found the source:

Written by Sergey Balmasov

http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/18-07-...8509-vietnam-0/

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Interesting.

Eager to know how China will react to Indian warships crisscrossing the South China Sea.

Can we invite them over for regular replenishment in Subic & Cebu? :armywink:
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China protests planned Philippine trip to Spratlys

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MANILA, Philippines—China has expressed deep concern over a planned trip by five Filipino lawmakers to a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed Spratly Islands.

Chinese Embassy spokesman Ethan Sun said the trip to what Manila calls Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) will go against a 2002 regional pact that discourages provocative actions and will serve to “sabotage” bilateral ties.
Sun said Tuesday that China will relay its concern to the Philippine government.


http://globalnation.inquirer.net/6309/chin..._medium=twitter
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ang tapang ng mga leftist congressmen ng Akbayan :rifle:

shame on the coward rightist and centrist congressmen.
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Apokalypze
Jul 19 2011, 03:02 PM
Interesting.

Eager to know how China will react to Indian warships crisscrossing the South China Sea.

Can we invite them over for regular replenishment in Subic & Cebu? :armywink:

Remember, india and china are not really good friends, they hate each others. China have been supporting their rival pakistan ever since, and they have fought before:

The Coming China-India Conflict: Is War Inevitable?


Philippines should also look for india for military and economic support aside from the US. In fact, there are plenty of other friendly countries that manila can actually seek some military hardwares but they just dont seem to like it.
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Stories like this will make you feel sad about being a filipino. Of all major claimants in spratly islands (philippines, malaysia, vietnam, and china), the philippines has the least developed islands and reefs. Kalayaan island doesnt even have a consistent cellphone signals, airstrip is made of compacted earth and not cemented, no tourist attraction, no marina or docks, and no other amenities at all.

Filipinos fly flag in Spratlys
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China says planned trip by Filipino lawmakers to Spratly Islands aims to ‘sabotage’ ties

By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, July 19, 6:42 PM
MANILA, Philippines — China protested a planned trip by five Filipino lawmakers to a Philippine-occupied island in the South China Sea’s disputed Spratlys, saying Tuesday it would do nothing but undermine regional stability and “sabotage” bilateral ties.

Chinese Embassy spokesman Ethan Sun said China would relay its “great concern” to the Philippine government over the plan by five House of Representatives members led by Rep. Walden Bello to fly Wednesday to what Manila calls Pag-asa Island, which has been occupied by Filipino troops and a small civilian community.

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Pag-asa lies in the South China Sea about 300 miles (480 kilometers) west of the western Philippine province of Palawan.

Bello said Monday that the trip, which his Akbayan Party calls a “sovereignty mission,” aims at peacefully asserting the Philippines’ claim to Pag-asa and surrounding territory. He said it was not a military operation and should not raise concern among rival countries.

Sun said the trip goes against the spirit of a 2002 nonbinding accord between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which calls on claimants to settle their disputes peacefully and avoid hostile acts to prevent conflicts.

The trip “serves no purpose but to undermine peace and stability in the region and sabotage China-Philippine relationship,” Sun said in a statement, adding that China would relay its concern to Manila.

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said the lawmakers were acting independently and he expected the trip not to harm relations with China.

Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said he hoped the lawmakers’ action was aimed at backing the government policy of seeking a peaceful and “rules-based” settlement of the disputes.

Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also have territorial feuds in the Spratlys, which are believed to be rich in oil and natural gas and straddle some of the world’s busiest sea lanes.

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My c0mment 0n this issue, fight and pr0tect our spratly island!
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