The United States made it clear not involved in the dispute conflict in China and the Philippines make the Philippine disappointed
Date:2012-05-05Author:adminCategory:China militaryComment:0
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Philippines and China has led to a series of questions, how to respond to the issue of territorial sovereignty in the South China Sea? This is the most concern in the Philippines, the U.S. politicians and academics debate hot topics.
Although the United States reiterated the importance of the US-Philippine alliance, and spoke of the willing to strengthen the construction of military forces in the Philippines, but in the Philippines in the South China Sea, the outbreak of military conflict, whether the U.S. would send troops to help the Philippines ” Hillary’s answer is not ambiguous, “the U.S. will not choose to stand on one side, the United States will not be involved in territorial disputes among the other countries in the Philippine military conflict, which makes Filipino disappointed. Scholar Carlyle Thayer of the Australian military, which blame the misjudgment of the situation of Filipino leaders.
Philippines talk about good news
May 2, 2009, most of the media in the Philippines issued a similar message, “the US-Philippine foreign and defense ministers the first time in the history of ’2 +2′ talks held in the confrontation of the Huangyan Island, the Philippines, the “. Del Rosario, Philippine Foreign Minister to participate in the talks, talked about the achievements of the talks in Washington think tank the Heritage Foundation speech.
the Philippines, said the U.S. side reiterated that the basis for the common defense treaty commitments and obligations of the Philippine side, at the same time, the Philippines asked the United States to provide more weapons and equipment such as patrol boats, aircraft and radar systems. Del Rosario said the weapons and equipment can make the Philippines has “minimum defense system the United States can help the Philippines build a defense system. At the same time, the Philippines waiting for the other international partners to provide assistance. Del Rosario stressed in his speech, the Philippines has a strong ally in the region, the United States on strategic investments in the Philippines is necessary.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the two sides on the developments in the South China Sea are serious concerns about ensuring freedom of navigation, the maintenance of peace and stability, respect for international law to protect legitimate trade unimpeded in the U.S. national interest. Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense, announced at a news conference, the United States will be delivered to the Philippines during the year warships.
more than the Philippines, are no doubt good news. Australian military scholar Carlyle Thayer, wrote on the website of the Japanese diplomat “This clearly shows that the United States and the Philippines to curb Beijing advocated most of the South China Sea islands, reefs and adjacent waters facing the sovereignty difficult.
China and the Philippines have advocated sovereignty over the Huangyan Island. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a reef of their right to decide the sovereignty of the waters 12 nautical miles around. Philippines further argued that Huangyan Island waters surrounding the Philippine 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone. Since then, the Philippines threatened to submit this dispute for arbitration to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. However, this is not an appropriate means of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is only to rule on disputes related to maritime jurisdiction, rather than the dispute over sovereignty, they still need to be resolved before the Huangyan Island, the issue of sovereignty.
Chinese first discovered in the beginning, from the history already has sovereignty over the Huangyan Island. On the other hand, the Philippines is based on intermittently occupied the continuing jurisdiction and the Philippines since independence, sound cable sovereignty over the Huangyan Island. Carlyle Thayer believes that this dispute can be resolved through bilateral negotiations in China and the Philippines, or if both sides agree that the ruling by the International Tribunal. From the point of view of the present situation, the possibility of these two methods are negligible – the Philippines refused to hold bilateral talks, and China refused to the dispute over sovereignty to the International Court.
Obviously, the Philippines is clear that compared with the Chinese forces are significant differences between the United States is the strategic center of gravity shifted to the Asia-Pacific region, the South China Sea just to the United States to return to the Asia-Pacific region an “entry point”, which made the Philippines feel that “their opportunity to”.
has been, the Philippines would like the South China Sea dispute up to the ASEAN level, but the reality is that in this standoff methodically action so that the Philippines is facing difficulties, even contradictions rise to the ASEAN level, ASEAN through to restrain China in the South China Sea Code of Conduct consultations will encounter problems.
ASEAN not want to be the Philippines “kidnapping”
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domestic support rates continue to decline in order to divert people dissatisfied with the domestic politics, the South China Sea sovereignty contention as the people at the emotional catharsis point. Carlyle Thayer believe that the confrontation in the waters of the Huangyan Island has aroused the Philippines domestic one enraged, but apparently the Philippines, ASEAN and the United States can play a role in this dispute illusion, so the current Philippine government is difficult to Huangyan Island confrontation on the issue and come out alive.
In this issue of how best to satisfactorily resolve the dispute over sovereignty in the South China Sea “, the differences within ASEAN to back a decade ago. ASEAN and China in 2000, held its first consultations on the dispute over sovereignty in the South China Sea issues. Even at this point, the Philippines has spared no effort to implement the Code of Conduct to constrain China’s growing self-confidence “, but in the end Manila or failed in the ASEAN member countries get enough support, but had to accept a” flat “Parties in the South China Sea Declaration for Action”.However, the parties to the Parties in the South China Sea Declaration for Action itself, there are some defects, and not in the “Declaration” clear ideas and requirements. Until the summer of 2011, China and ASEAN member countries announced the adoption of guidelines for the implementation of the Declaration on the South China Sea sovereignty dispute before this treaty documents has not been implemented. Even so, the current progress is also very limited.
in January 2012, when the ASEAN countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Cambodia during the meeting, they soon in the 23 proposals submitted by the Philippines on the obvious differences. The three proposals, the first call on ASEAN to launch a negotiation in the middle of China and other South China Sea, the sovereignty of the sound cable. The other two proposals, including the “Parties in the South China Sea Declaration for Action for the record, to distinguish between the South China Sea disputed region and the disputed area, and to establish a dispute settlement mechanism.
the end of the ASEAN summit in April press conference, Indonesian Foreign Minister Natalegawa disclosure, China and ASEAN have reached a compromise on some issues. Natalegawa said, “First, ASEAN must have a consistent and stable position so that the position set forth in ASEAN will benefit from various forms of communication with China.”
Shortly after the end of the ASEAN summit, Philippine outbreak of the Huangyan Island confrontation. In the two countries move in the Philippines domestic produce a strong reaction. Some heavyweight Members in the Philippines The Philippines supports the ASEAN failed at the outset to give much dissatisfaction. For example, Mr Jock Arroyo claimed that “ASEAN did not even issued a statement on the matter of any concern or sympathy, we can now only to fend for themselves. We like orphans without allies, which we are currently caught in embarrassing situation. ”
not just intra-ASEAN differences on this issue, some ASEAN member countries to the Philippines to take such a high-profile critics of action to resolve territorial disputes with China. A Malaysian current affairs commentator, published an article that the Philippines continue to emphasize and declared its own sovereignty over the disputed region of South China Sea, to kidnap ASEAN.
the United States do not want to involved in a war with China
Carlyle Thayer Chalk Arroyo’s remarks have been many Filipinos Members and officials of the response, which reflects the Philippines “role” on ASEAN and the United States to produce the wrong expectations. Although the United States agreed to aid the Philippine Navy, but when asked whether the Philippines to the United States a clear commitment to support, del Rosario, Philippine Foreign Minister said, “I believe that the United States is very clear, they do not want to get involved in territorial disputes. ” The Philippines and the United States signed a Mutual Defense Treaty in Manila to the United States as the biggest military allies, but Hillary just said the United States in support of the parties to the conflict to the negotiation and diplomatic means to solve all kinds of disputes between them “. “U.S. interests” magazine article said that the Philippines and the United States has a military alliance treaty, but only in their mutual defense treaty “territorial integrity, political independence or national security have been from the Pacific external armed attacks and threats to “when to start. So far, China has to exercise restraint and does not use or threaten to use military means. Moreover, the American policy is not to choose to support the territorial dispute which party, although the United States reaffirmed the obligation of mutual defense of the Philippines. last fall, the Obama administration in the Asia-Pacific waters to implement a diplomatic revolution – the arc of the Asia-Pacific, the Joint Asian Pacific Rim countries, from South Korea, Japan to Australia and Indonesia, and through an arc Southeast Asia, covering India and Sri Lanka. According to the media description of this strategy: This is the greatest geo-political events since the “9.11″, at the same time the U.S. has also established a series of policies, at least in its strategic reach out to the scope of the Clinton administration, more than George W. Bush era. The Obama administration’s policy represents a decisive turning point in the history of Asia in the 21st century. the United States in Asia, successfully implemented a new strategy: the United States is a Pacific Union, claimed that on the surface without any intention of containment, but this alliance is clearly in response to China’s economic growth and military power modern caused in the region. The United States is strong support, influence and “umbrella” to sell the smaller Asian countries, especially those in resource-rich strategic significance of the South China Sea sovereignty dispute with China on the Asian countries. but in addition, many American scholars and former senior U.S. government officials are clearly opposed to the Obama administration is involved in military conflict with China. Most scholars believe that, although high-profile announcement to return to the Asia-Pacific, but that does not mean that Washington will be in the South China Sea and mainland China into a military conflict, if Manila Washington high expectations, and ultimately bound to be disappointed. Major issues, the United States will not issue vague “signal” to the Philippines. In addition, the two-day fourth round of Sino-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue held in Beijing on May 3. U.S. “national interest” magazine article said that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Beijing, the Sino-US relations may be at most hostile period in the past 40 years. The actual implementation of the Asia policy, Hillary’s trip to Beijing to become challenging. [Note: see May 5, the rule of law Digest “version 4; the original title” The Philippines became a loner of: Wu Juxuan (edit: SN015) share to: Random article
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