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#South China Sea

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Matthew Miller
Matthew Miller

“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.”

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US State Department spokesperson
29 Apr 2023 4 5
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Benjamin Herscovitch
Benjamin Herscovitch

“China is expected to ramp up its diplomatic, commercial, economic, logistical and people to people efforts to get this kind of a deal. The South Pacific, in particular, is not a primary area of geostrategic concern for China compared to South China Sea and Southeast Asia. However, the fact that China is devoting resources to this region speaks to Beijing's global ambitions.”

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Senior fellow at Australian National University School of Regulation and Global Governance
30 May 2022 3 4
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Amit Gupta
Amit Gupta

“They don't want to get into this. The Chinese essentially told Joe Biden, 'Look this is a European problem. You guys deal with it'. They are worried about Taiwan, South China Sea, East China Sea. These are the three things that upset them - the India-China border is the fourth. Russia and Ukraine, they're not interested in.”

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Associate professor at the US Air Force’s Air War College at Montgomery, Alabama
23 Mar 2022 6 1
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John Aquilino
John Aquilino

“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.”

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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
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Global Times
Global Times

“If there is a military conflict between China and the US, it will most likely take place in the Taiwan Straits or the South China Sea. The strengthening of US strongpoints in the second island chain shows how big the potential range of such a military conflict would be. If a war breaks out between China and the US, it is unlikely to end with a few warships of both countries fighting each other at sea. US preparations now have already included the capacity of military mobilization outside the region, so China's military preparedness now needs to include a response to them.”

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Editorial piece by Global Times
30 Nov 2021 7 3
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Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Ismail Sabri Yaakob

“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.”

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Prime Minister of Malaysia
22 Nov 2021 1 3
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Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Duterte

“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.”

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President of the Philippines
22 Nov 2021 7 5
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Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping

“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.”

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President of the People's Republic of China
22 Nov 2021 4 3
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Gregory Poling
Gregory Poling

“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.”

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Director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies
18 Nov 2021 4 3
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Yin Dongyu
Yin Dongyu

“The increasingly loud voices sounding alarm of a potential China-US conflict in the South China Sea mostly came from the fact that the US is now seeing China on equal footing because of the latter's growing army. And that's quite a good indication of China's growing military strength already. No one can say without hesitation whether China and the US would go into real conflict over Taiwan or South China Sea, but with China's growing army, no one wants to see that happen. China's military strength has been significantly boosted by a large number of new weapons being added to the arsenal, especially in its Navy force. That's where the country's army is showing some of its fastest growth.”

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Beijing-based analyst on the Chinese military
29 Oct 2021 6 4
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Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings

“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.”

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s executive director and a former deputy secretary for strategy in the Department of Defence
18 Oct 2021 6 7
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Tsai Ing-wen
Tsai Ing-wen

“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.”

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President of Taiwan
08 Oct 2021 5 7
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Wei Fenghe
Wei Fenghe

“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.”

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Chinese Defence Minister
27 Sep 2021 4 3
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Ethan Paul
Ethan Paul

“India's decision to continue to engage with the Quad, meanwhile, is particularly significant. New Delhi is less concerned about the South China Sea than the other nations, and more concerned with its disputed border with China and maritime security in the Indian Ocean. India, the only Quad country that shares a land border with China, has a particularly delicate balancing game to play. Seeing how India plays that game going forward, while maintaining its relationship with the Quad and its commitment to its vision for Asia is, in my view, of immense consequences for the Quad itself but also the future of the region.”

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Senior researcher at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
23 Sep 2021 5 3
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Zhu Feng
Zhu Feng

“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.”

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Professor of international relations at Nanjing University in east China
21 Sep 2021 7 7
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Wang Kung-yi
Wang Kung-yi

“The name change would prompt Beijing to hit back against Washington by refusing to cooperate on issues such as climate change and the Taliban in Afghanistan. China is not going to bear with it… and would even do whatever it could to up its ante in the East and South China [seas].”

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Head of the Taipei-based think tank Taiwan International Strategic Study Society
18 Sep 2021 4 4
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Randall Schriver
Randall Schriver

“Our competition with China is about freedom and order in the Indo-Pacific [region]. The Pentagon is becoming more serious about strengthening its deterrence capabilities in the region. About 52 percent of Americans responding to a poll supported US troops defending Taiwan if it were to be invaded by China, which is an all-time high. If Taiwan is lost, it would be incredibly difficult to defend the first island chain, the Miyako Strait and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.”

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Chairman of the Washington D.C.-based Project 2049 Institute think tank
01 Sep 2021 7 5
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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris

“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.”

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US Vice President
25 Aug 2021 3 4
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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris

“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.”

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US Vice President
24 Aug 2021 2 5
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Dai Bing
Dai Bing

“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.”

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Charge d'affaires of China's permanent mission to the UN
09 Aug 2021 3 3
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