An aerial photo
shows Thitu Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in
the South China Sea in 2011. China said it summoned Vietnam's
ambassador Thursday and strongly protested a law adopted by the
Vietnamese parliament that places the disputed Spratly and Paracel
islands under Hanoi's sovereignty.
06/21/2012
AFP
China said it summoned Vietnam's
ambassador Thursday and strongly protested a law adopted by the
Vietnamese parliament that places the disputed Spratly and Paracel
islands under Hanoi's sovereignty.
China and Vietnam, as well as
other neighbouring nations, are locked in long-standing territorial
disputes over the South China Sea, including the mineral-rich Spratly
and Paracel islands.
"The... actions by the Vietnamese side are illegal and invalid. China expresses its strong protest and firm opposition," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters.
"The Vietnamese unilateral actions ... complicate and magnify the issue. China will resolutely safeguard territorial sovereignty."
Hong said Vietnam's ambassador to
China Nguyen Van Tho was summoned to the foreign ministry Thursday and
told of Beijing's displeasure.
According to Vietnamese parliamentarian Duong Trung Quoc, the legislation is a first for Hanoi on what it calls the East Sea.
"The adoption of this law on the sea today is very important for Vietnam," he told AFP.
"It helps solidify both how
Vietnam will implement its sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly
Islands and its international commitments."
Tensions in the South China Sea
have risen sharply recently, with China and the Philippines locked in a
maritime dispute over Scarborough Shoal, a reef off the Philippine
coast.
But tensions eased when the
Philippines ordered two of its ships to withdraw from the shoal last
week, a move that was welcomed by China.
The disputed region is a key trading route for the US, which has expressed concern over sporadic flare-ups between countries.
Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia, and the Philippines all claim parts of the South China Sea.
China also announced Thursday it
had elevated the administrative status of the Nansha (Spratly) and
Xisha (Paracel) islands from a county to a prefectural-level district,
the civil affairs ministry said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear
what the new status would mean for the islands, which boasted a total
population of just over 500 people according to China's census in 2000.
7 comments:
Kampuchea should stick with powerful China for protection from Yuon,Kampuchea should ask China for friendship for life to ensure that of Yuon dare to bully Khmer again China will step in to stop,friend with China get more benefit than Yuon the land robber.Goes China.....Goes China goes....destroy this sub-culture race...Yuon.
China is not dumb as Cambodia allows Yuon to encroach the land that s home of hang Samrin pm senate of Cambodia did not even rebuke the Yuon action. Hang Samrin is trator.Cambodia under a dumb Cpp Hunsen.
10:41 AM
still remembered from an aggreement between China and Cambodia some years ago.
China will be always side by side with the Khmer people and will protect Cambodia for another foreingner invasion.
5:55 PM, The Khmer Rouge and China had a much stronger relationship than Hun Sen with China now, but China cannot protect Cambodia from Vietnamese invasion in 1979. The Khmer Rouge and China even had an agreement to help each other in time of war, but still Vietnam invaded Cambodia. China did attack Vietnam briefly in February 1979 to support the Khmer Rouge, but withdrew its troops a few weeks later, allowing Vietnam to invaded and fully occupied Cambodia for 10 years. Vietnam only withdrew in 1989 because of the Resistance Movement, like Funcinpec, Son Sann and the KR and also after strong pressures from the international committee and also after the Soviet Union, Vietnam's backer, was crumbling in 1989.
As you can see, China cannot protect Cambodia then and it will not protect Cambodia again now. What China wants is its strategic interests and economic prosperity, but will never sacrifice Chinese life or endanger china's economic interests to help a small country like Cambodia. And if Cambodia goes to war with Thailand or Vietnam, China will never come to Cambodia's aid.
I want China take Koh Tral back from Vietnam...
I also want China retake KampucheaKrom back to Cambodian what do u guys thinks about that
Wishful thinking. The US is behind all Vietnam's major declarations such as passing this law. It is ready for naval combat with China. In case of skirmishes with China, the US shares surveillance intelligence to Vietnam and all Vietnam needs to do is fire its anti-ship missiles to the GPS coordinates that the US provide. It's a new ball game guys. Back then China relied on the US to counter the Soviets, now it's the other way around. China is surrounded from all sides. The US will help Vietnam, the Philippines to maintain the status quo in the Philippines Western Sea.
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