China presence in the South China Sea

Collin Koh

Inserted 8 months ago

“There's probably no question about whether China has the means to up the ante here, but more about its willingness over those political risks.”

Reuters

Security fellow at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

08 Aug 2023 1 3

Rommel Ong

Inserted 8 months ago

“We must reestablish sea control around the shoal [Second Thomas Shoal] because if we don't control it, our resupply is vulnerable to their coercive tactics.”

Reuters

Maritime security expert and retired vice commander of the Philippine Navy

08 Aug 2023 2 6

Matthew Miller

Inserted 11 months ago

“We call upon Beijing to desist from its provocative and unsafe conduct. The United States stands with our Philippine allies in upholding the rules-based international maritime order and reaffirms that an armed attack in the Pacific, which includes the South China Sea, on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft, including those of the Coast Guard, would invoke US mutual defense commitments.”

Aljazeera

US State Department spokesperson

29 Apr 2023 4 5

Ned Price

Inserted 1 year ago

“The United States stands with our Philippine allies in the face of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Coast Guard's reported use of laser devices against the crew of a Philippine Coast Guard ship. The United States reiterates, pursuant to the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, the 2016 arbitral decision is final and legally binding on the PRC and the Philippines, and we call upon the PRC to abide by the ruling.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for the United States Department of State

13 Feb 2023 5 5

John Aquilino

Inserted 2 years ago

“I think over the past 20 years we've witnessed the largest military buildup since World War II by the PRC [People's Republic of China]. They have advanced all their capabilities and that buildup of weaponization is destabilizing to the region. The function of those islands [Mischief Reef, Subi Reef, Fiery Cross Reef] is to expand the offensive capability of the PRC beyond their continental shores. They can fly fighters, bombers plus all those offensive capabilities of missile systems.”

Taipeitimes

Admiral in the United States Navy, serving as the commander of the United States Pacific Fleet since May 17, 2018

21 Mar 2022 (approx) 12 4

Xi Jinping

Inserted 2 years ago

“China resolutely opposes hegemonism and power politics, wishes to maintain friendly relations with its neighbours and jointly nurture lasting peace in the region and absolutely will not seek hegemony or even less, bully the small.”

Aljazeera

President of the People's Republic of China

22 Nov 2021 4 3

Peter Jennings

Inserted 2 years ago

“Internationally, Xi [Xi Jinping] has been a successful risk-taker. He staged a takeover of the South China Sea and militarised reclaimed 'island' bases with no effective international response; he has prosecuted wholesale cyber intellectual property theft around the world with, until recently, most countries reluctant to even name China as the cause; he trashed Beijing's agreement with the UK over Hong Kong and is rolling out repressive rule over its 7.5 million people. The world responded with empty hand-wringing.”

Aspistrategist

Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s executive director and a former deputy secretary for strategy in the Department of Defence

18 Oct 2021 6 7

Collin Koh

Inserted 2 years ago

“With the progress China made in fortifying its artificial islands in the South China Sea, it will be impossible to even envisage that it would willingly relinquish those possessions within the Philippines' EEZ [exclusive economic zone]. There's no way to reverse the fait accompli short of evicting the Chinese from those artificial outposts by use of force, which would mean war.”

Aljazeera

Research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

12 Jul 2021 4 5

Teodoro Locsin

Inserted 2 years ago

“China, my friend, how politely can I put it? Let me see… O… GET THE F*** OUT [of the Whitsun Reef].”

Aljazeera

Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary

03 May 2021 3 4

Gao Xiucheng

Inserted 2 years ago

“We hope the outside world will view it in an objective and rational way. In the future, the Chinese navy will continue to hold similar exercises as planned.”

Aljazeera

Spokesman for the People's Liberation Army Navy

02 May 2021 0 2

Teodoro Locsin

Inserted 2 years ago

“Well, it doesn't [referring to claims made by a spokesperson of China's Mission in Brussels that stated that Julian Felipe Reef (or Whitsun Reef) 'belongs to China']. It belongs to the Philippines whatever native journalists are paid to say to the contrary. The Philippines will never give it up.”

Mb

Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary

26 Apr 2021 3 4

Delfin Lorenzana

Inserted 3 years ago

“We are ready to defend our national sovereignty and protect the marine resources [the area close to the dispute Whitsun Reef] of the Philippines.”

Aljazeera

Philippines Secretary of National Defense

27 Mar 2021 3 3

Simularity

Inserted 3 years ago

“The volume of changes is significant, and may indicate the early phases of major construction on Subi Reef. Changes in the areas noted are mostly land-related reshaping or reconfiguration. The areas of loose, white, bulk material are probably sand.”

Cnnphilippines

15-page report released by the company

25 Mar 2021 2 3

Delfin Lorenzana

Inserted 3 years ago

“We call on the Chinese to stop this incursion and immediately recall these boats violating our maritime rights and encroaching into our sovereign territory [Whitsun Reef in the Philippines known as Julian Felipe reef].”

News

Philippines Secretary of National Defense

21 Mar 2021 4 5

Rodrigo Duterte

Inserted 3 years ago

“When Xi [Xi Jinping]says I will fish, who can prevent him? If I send my marines to drive away the Chinese fishermen, I guarantee you not one of them will come home alive.”

Thehindu

President of the Philippines

22 Jul 2019 3 3

Mike Pompeo

Inserted 3 years ago

“As an island nation, the Philippines depends on free and unobstructed access to the seas. China's island-building and military activities in the South China Sea threaten your sovereignty, security, and therefore economic livelihood, as well as that of the United States. As the South China Sea is part of the Pacific, any armed attack on Philippine forces, aircraft, or public vessels in the South China Sea will trigger mutual defense obligations under Article 4 of our Mutual Defense Treaty.”

2017-2021

U.S. Secretary of State

01 Mar 2019 3 5

Brahma Chellaney

Inserted 3 years ago

“The Doklam affair [military standoff occurred between China and India as China attempted to extend a road on the Doklam plateau southwards] illustrated China's proclivity to miscalculate and overreach. India's refusal to bend while talking peace offers China's other neighbours an example of how to manage Chinese coercion. Doklam also raises a broader question: Had the US stood up to China in the South China Sea, would the seven artificial and now-militarised islands have been created? It is China's success in altering the status quo there - without incurring any international costs - that has emboldened its territorial revisionism in the East China Sea and the Himalayas.”

Dailymail

New Delhi-based geostrategist and author

01 Sep 2017 4 6

Rex Tillerson

Inserted 2 years ago

“The failure of a response has allowed them [the Chinese] just to keep pushing the envelope on this [expanding its presence in the South China Sea]. The way we've got to deal with this is we've got to show back up in the region with our traditional allies in Southeast Asia.”

Reuters

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state

11 Jan 2017 2 3

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“There's probably no question about whether China has the means to up the ante here, but more about its willingness over those political risks.”

“We must reestablish sea control around the shoal [Second Thomas Shoal] because if we don't control it, our resupply is vulnerable to their coercive tactics.”

“China resolutely opposes hegemonism and power politics, wishes to maintain friendly relations with its neighbours and jointly nurture lasting peace in the region and absolutely will not seek hegemony or even less, bully the small.”

“China, my friend, how politely can I put it? Let me see… O… GET THE F*** OUT [of the Whitsun Reef].”

“We hope the outside world will view it in an objective and rational way. In the future, the Chinese navy will continue to hold similar exercises as planned.”

“We are ready to defend our national sovereignty and protect the marine resources [the area close to the dispute Whitsun Reef] of the Philippines.”

“The volume of changes is significant, and may indicate the early phases of major construction on Subi Reef. Changes in the areas noted are mostly land-related reshaping or reconfiguration. The areas of loose, white, bulk material are probably sand.”

“We call on the Chinese to stop this incursion and immediately recall these boats violating our maritime rights and encroaching into our sovereign territory [Whitsun Reef in the Philippines known as Julian Felipe reef].”

“When Xi [Xi Jinping]says I will fish, who can prevent him? If I send my marines to drive away the Chinese fishermen, I guarantee you not one of them will come home alive.”

“The failure of a response has allowed them [the Chinese] just to keep pushing the envelope on this [expanding its presence in the South China Sea]. The way we've got to deal with this is we've got to show back up in the region with our traditional allies in Southeast Asia.”

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