South China Sea issue

Rommel Ong

Inserted 9 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

Mao Ning

Inserted 11 months ago

“The United States' long-term and frequent sending of ships and planes to conduct close surveillance on China seriously harms China's national sovereignty and security. This kind of provocative, dangerous activity is the cause of the security issues on the seas. China will continue to take all necessary steps to resolutely protect its own sovereignty and security.”

Aljazeera

Spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry

31 May 2023 1 2

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

Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Inserted 2 years ago

“As a claimant state, Malaysia firmly views that matters relating to the South China Sea must be resolved peacefully and constructively in accordance with universally recognised principles of international law. Malaysia calls on all countries to remain committed towards maintaining the South China Sea as a sea of peace, stability and trade. To this end, all parties should exercise self-restraint and avoid actions that may be deemed provocative, which could further complicate the situation and escalate tensions in the area.”

Aljazeera

Prime Minister of Malaysia

22 Nov 2021 1 3

Rodrigo Duterte

Inserted 2 years ago

“We abhor the recent event in the Ayungin Shoal and view with grave concern other similar developments. This does not speak well of the relations between our nations and our partnership. We must fully utilise these [the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 2016 Hague arbitration] legal tools to ensure that the South China Sea remains a sea of peace, stability, and prosperity.”

Aljazeera

President of the Philippines

22 Nov 2021 7 5

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

Collin Koh

Inserted 2 years ago

“The line between commercial and defence activities by China's military militia can often become blurred as many vessels still engage in large-scale fishing operations while also working alongside the military or law enforcement patrols. Chinese maritime militia personnel don't simply go outperforming this task full-time. They're supposed to be 'able to fish, and able to fight,' to borrow what the Chinese literature on this subject has mentioned. This means on a daily routine, the Chinese maritime militiaman may be out there, carrying out the usual fishing activities, but this also obliges him to perform his patriotic mission at the same time.”

Aljazeera

Research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

18 Nov 2021 3 2

Gregory Poling

Inserted 2 years ago

“The value of the militia is because it has a degree of deniability. Beijing can just claim that these are commercial actors, But remote sensing and photographic evidence can be combined to distinguish militia vessels from non-militia.”

Aljazeera

Director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies

18 Nov 2021 4 3

Tsai Ing-wen

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan does not seek military confrontation. It hopes for a peaceful, stable, predictable and mutually-beneficial coexistence with its neighbours. But Taiwan will also do whatever it takes to defend its freedom and democratic way of life. The Indo-Pacific needs a peaceful, stable and transparent environment and there are many opportunities in the region. But this also brings new tensions and systemic contradictions that could have a devastating effect on international security and the global economy if they are not handled carefully. Taiwan is fully committed to collaborating with regional players to prevent armed conflict in the East China, South China Seas and in the Taiwan Strait.”

Reuters

President of Taiwan

08 Oct 2021 5 7

Wei Fenghe

Inserted 2 years ago

“China is ready to work with Malaysia to oppose hegemonism and power politics, strengthen communication and properly handle differences on the South China Sea issue, jointly safeguard peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific and inject more positive energy into the turbulent world.”

Globaltimes

Chinese Defence Minister

27 Sep 2021 4 3

Zhu Feng

Inserted 2 years ago

“This AUKUS agreement very vividly shows that East Asia has become the focus of United States global security strategy. It's a reminder to China that if we can't ease tensions with neighbors over the South China Sea and East China Sea, the U.S. will continue trying to take advantage of this tension.”

Nytimes

Professor of international relations at Nanjing University in east China

21 Sep 2021 7 7

Arsyad Abdullah

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Navy's position on the North Natuna Sea is very firm in protecting national interests within the Indonesian jurisdiction in accordance with national law and international law that have been ratified so that there is no tolerance for any violations in the North Natuna Sea.”

Aljazeera

Indonesian Navy western fleet commander

16 Sep 2021 1 3

Delfin Lorenzana

Inserted 2 years ago

“Our stand on that is we do not honour those laws [Maritime Traffic Safety Law] by the Chinese within the West Philippine Sea because we consider that we have the sovereign right within this waters. So we will not recognise this law of the Chinese.”

Aljazeera

Philippines Secretary of National Defense

10 Sep 2021 3 3

Kamala Harris

Inserted 2 years ago

“We need to find ways to pressure, raise the pressure…on Beijing to abide by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and to challenge, its bullying and excessive maritime claims.”

Reuters

US Vice President

25 Aug 2021 3 4

Kamala Harris

Inserted 2 years ago

“We know that Beijing continues to coerce, to intimidate and to make claims to the vast majority of the South China Sea. Beijing's actions continue to undermine the rules-based order and threaten the sovereignty of nations. The United States stands with our allies and partners in the face of these threats.”

Aljazeera

US Vice President

24 Aug 2021 2 5

Dai Bing

Inserted 2 years ago

“The US has become the biggest threat to peace and stability in the South China Sea by arbitrarily sending advanced military vessels and aircraft to the region as provocations. The country itself is not qualified to make any remarks on the issue of the South China Sea. The US has been stirring up trouble out of nothing, arbitrarily sending advanced military vessels and aircraft to the South China Sea as provocations and publicly trying to drive a wedge into regional countries, especially countries concerned.”

Globaltimes

Charge d'affaires of China's permanent mission to the UN

09 Aug 2021 3 3

Wang Yiwei

Inserted 2 years ago

“Unlike the UK, which came to the South China Sea to boost its strategic role of 'Global Britain' after Brexit, Germany is acting more on behalf of Europe to seek a long-term maritime order and maintain a certain contact with China, but not confrontationally.”

Globaltimes

Director of the institute of international affairs at the Renmin University of China in Beijing

02 Aug 2021 4 6

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Inserted 2 years ago

“We want existing law to be respected, sea routes to be freely navigable, open societies to be protected and trade to follow fair rules.”

Reuters

German Defence Minister

02 Aug 2021 1 4

Chester Cabalza

Inserted 2 years ago

“Manila certainly missed a chance to echo a consistent unified narrative on its claims … which Beijing saw as an opportunity to flex its muscles and build the largest coast guard and maritime militia for its strategic advantage. Instead, Filipinos heard defeatist rhetoric from the commander-in-chief as he kept mum on continuous Chinese incursions into the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ).”

Aljazeera

President and founder of Manila-based think-tank International Development and Security Cooperation

12 Jul 2021 3 4

Antony Blinken

Inserted 2 years ago

“Nowhere is the rules-based maritime order under greater threat than in the South China Sea. The People's Republic of China continues to coerce and intimidate Southeast Asian coastal states, threatening freedom of navigation in this critical global throughway. We call on the PRC to abide by its obligations under international law, cease its provocative behavior, and take steps to reassure the international community that it is committed to the rules-based maritime order that respects the rights of all countries, big and small.”

Aljazeera

U.S. Secretary of State

11 Jul 2021 2 4

Ipse Dixit

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“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.”

“The value of the militia is because it has a degree of deniability. Beijing can just claim that these are commercial actors, But remote sensing and photographic evidence can be combined to distinguish militia vessels from non-militia.”

“China is ready to work with Malaysia to oppose hegemonism and power politics, strengthen communication and properly handle differences on the South China Sea issue, jointly safeguard peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific and inject more positive energy into the turbulent world.”

“The Navy's position on the North Natuna Sea is very firm in protecting national interests within the Indonesian jurisdiction in accordance with national law and international law that have been ratified so that there is no tolerance for any violations in the North Natuna Sea.”

“Our stand on that is we do not honour those laws [Maritime Traffic Safety Law] by the Chinese within the West Philippine Sea because we consider that we have the sovereign right within this waters. So we will not recognise this law of the Chinese.”

“We need to find ways to pressure, raise the pressure…on Beijing to abide by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and to challenge, its bullying and excessive maritime claims.”

“Unlike the UK, which came to the South China Sea to boost its strategic role of 'Global Britain' after Brexit, Germany is acting more on behalf of Europe to seek a long-term maritime order and maintain a certain contact with China, but not confrontationally.”

“We want existing law to be respected, sea routes to be freely navigable, open societies to be protected and trade to follow fair rules.”

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