constructed 3km runway on island it has formed in disputed ocean territory.” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3043227/Satellite-images-reveal-China-constructed-3km-runway-island-formed-disputed-ocean-territory.html Spratly Islands is a disputed group of islands, including islets, atolls, cays and reefs. The Spratly archipelago has been claimed by six different countries namely Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Taiwan, China and Philippines and has been a controversial dispute between countries that
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SPRATLY ISLANDS DISPUTE The Spratly Islands of the South China Sea are potential sources of different natural resources. It is important for a number of reasons: the Spratly area holds significant reserves of oil and natural gas, it is a productive area for world fishing and commercial shipping, and coastal countries would get an extended continental shelf. For this reason, various countries are claiming it. These countries are the People's Republic of China, the Republic, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines
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another. We can say that many if not all Filipinos are aware about the current problem our country is facing I regards to the issues on the West Philippine Sea, especially the ownership on Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal wherein the country of China is also on its claim. Ever since we were born, the islands have been with us, and we grew to know that it is ours, the country recognizes it, so does other countries, except China. At first it was thought that it was just an understanding, but the
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claim the Spratly and Paracel Islands as its territories because it is a direct violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. If they are not challenged, the surrounding nations will not be able to use these waters to engage in trade, nor will they be able to reap the profits of the natural resources, and fighting will erupt. Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, China has laid claim to several archipelagos in the South China Sea with The Spratly and Paracel Islands receiving
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DOCTRINE Archipelago is defined as a sea or part of a sea studded with islands, often synonymous with island groups, or as a large group of islands in an extensive body of water, such as sea. (De Leon, 1991) In various conferences of the United Nations on the Law of the Sea, the Philippines and other archipelago states proposed that an archipelagic state composed of groups of islands forming a state is a single unit, with the islands and the waters within the baselines as internal waters.By this concept
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Assignment Submission Declaration School of __________________________ | | Name: | <please leave blank> | | | Matriculation No: | 44081 | | | Title: | South China Sea: Recipe for War Between China and ASEAN? | | | Course and Code: | ADSP | | | Lecturer/Tutor: | A/P Bernard Loo | | | Submission Date: | 8 Apr 13 | | Keep a Copy of the Assignment Please make a copy of your work. If you have submitted your assignment electronically also make a backup copy. Plagiarism
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Philippines’ ownership to Spratly Island Fact: Spratlys Islands or Kalayaan Island Group is just within the Philippines' proximity and 200 Nautical Miles Exclusive Economic Zone - under the International Laws Sea - UNCLOS. The Philippines as the closest and archipelagic country of the Spratly island with another Five Asian countries claim the Spratly Islands including - China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. In 1971, the Philippines officially claimed eight islands that it refers
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ARTICLE 1: The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the
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international relations concerning the South China Sea dispute between the US and China (Goldstein, Pevehouse, 2014, p. 2). The issue of the South China Sea is a long-standing dispute between China and other Asian countries. There are mainly two groups of islands that are being contested for by these countries. The first of the two is the Paracel islands that are disputed for by China, Taiwan and Vietnam. The second is the Spratly Islands that is disputed for by china and the other ASEAN country
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international relations concerning the South China Sea dispute between the US and China (Goldstein, Pevehouse, 2014, p. 2). The issue of the South China Sea is a long-standing dispute between China and other Asian countries. There are mainly two groups of islands that are being contested for by these countries. The first of the two is the Paracel islands that are disputed for by China, Taiwan and Vietnam. The second is the Spratly Islands that is disputed for by china and the other ASEAN country
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