The South China Sea dispute explained

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China and several of its neighbours have been involved in a decades-long dispute over who controls the South China Sea. China claims most of the sea as its territory, but the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan say parts of the sea belong to them. Tensions have risen over the years and resulted in several confrontations as well as US involvement. The South China Morning Post looks at the origins of the dispute, what these countries are fighting over and what they’re doing to assert their territorial claims.



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[xXxSkyViperxXx]

this sounds like a chinese perspective on the matter. showing philippine actions only rather than chinese actions besides the island reclamation

[jayclawwit]

Not counting the harassment of the Chinese to the Filipino fishermen in the region?

[leovazquez]

200 NAUTUCAL MILES FROM THE PHILIPPINES IS CONSIDERED THEIR TERRITORY, THIS APPLIES TO ALL OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL.

[HOySht]

China: We're promoting peace and harmony
Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan: you wut?

[roriefel]

WE ALWAYS KNOW WHO OWNS THE WATER, THAT COUNTRY JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO FIGHT FOR IT. THE ENEMY IS TOO STRONG.

[rentbh]

Why does this feels like a youtuber's apologizing video with no tears

[adrianrey]

They said China has a map 70 years ago, but they don't know philippines has a map of it 320 years ago

[jboogamingtv]

These fools trying to explain that they claim those island.

[alvinnoble]

This guy has so many inconsistencies with many of his statements. What did you expect?

[DontUputThatEvilOnMe]

Was the South China Sea really undisputed in 1930 or did China just assume they owned them forever but never bothered to ask the countries around them. They weren’t really important back in the 1930s

[brokendoll]

1:01 wow i never thought a bamboo boat with no weapons became a Philippine navy.

[braziliancrystals]

2:31 China trying to play innocent victim lol that's funny

[kkpw]

So basically every part in this word belongs to china

[tengteng]

Spratlys and Scarborough in south China sea were traditional fishing grounds of the Philippines since ancient times... since your chinese ancestors were just starting to learn to swim

[concerncitizen]

The ancient history prove that the sea which is now called South China Sea has been navigated by the early seafarers coming from the western and southern part of the sea. It shouldn't be claim unilaterally by China as its territory. Also China cannot support their claim of the sea by stating that it's their traditional fishing grounds. The ASEAN's could have been the first traditional fishermen of this sea because of proximity. Just because it was named SCS it doesn't mean it belongs to China. It was only the early Portuguese sailors navigating the sea that named it South China Sea to differentiate it from other bodies of water. No country should claim this sea unilaterally because it is shared by many countries in the region to which they enjoy freedom of navigation throughout history.

[Leizazure]

there can be no bias in a video made by a press agency owned indirectly by alibaba. no bias at all.

[dribblersmy]

South china sea belongs to south east asian countries, period. If china is so interested in claiming territories, it can move eastwards, there is plenty of land there.

[andrepoiy]

I'm quite sure Taiwan has the same nine dash line claim as China.

[hellohi]

How can the PH bully Chinese fishermen when it does not even have proper ships?

[kellymo]

It's interesting that this video is evoking responses that want to justify China's aggressive behavior in the South China Sea by pointing out America's failures in foreign policy. The fact that the US has done shitty things doesn't justify applauding China when they also do shitty things. China is attempting to claim a huge swathe of water that is shared by mulitiple other nations in the region, for no reason other than it has the ability to overpower them when push comes to shove. The US is the only entity that can really push back on this.

Is the US doing this because it serves it's own interests? Of course. But in this case, it also serves the interests of all nations in the region that are not China as well. China is basically claiming they own beachfront property on Malaysia. This would be tantamount to the US claiming the entirety of the Caribbean, which is doesn't. It's an absurd claim, and it's absurd people are taking China's side because "well remember when the US did that bad thing in the Middle East, etc".