Territorial claims in South China Sea

[Jamesc]

PR and citizenship so cheap...

 

The money also has to go back?

 

[Victor68]

Just received this .... don't know the authenticity though

Hello translation tio boh. so blunt meh.

[Atrecord]

Could this be the reason why the terrexes came back? 

[Beregond]

Could this be the reason why the terrexes came back? 

the negotiation take so long.

 

i guess there must be some kind of deal being agree .( guess only )

 

just yesterday the straits times report very obvious is favourable to china

[Thaiyotakamli]

PR and citizenship so cheap...

Last heard 2 million

[Ender]

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-japan-plans-send-largest-warship-south-china-091539818.html

 

 

Exclusive: Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources say

FILE PHOTO: A helicopter lands on the Izumo, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force's (JMSDF) helicopter carrier, at JMSDF Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan, December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

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By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.

China claims almost all the disputed waters and its growing military presence has fueled concern in Japan and the West, with the United States holding regular air and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation.

The Izumo helicopter carrier, commissioned only two years ago, will make stops in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Sri Lanka before joining the Malabar joint naval exercise with Indian and U.S. naval vessels in the Indian Ocean in July.

It will return to Japan in August, the sources said.

"The aim is to test the capability of the Izumo by sending it out on an extended mission," said one of the sources who have knowledge of the plan. "It will train with the U.S. Navy in the South China Sea," he added, asking not to be identified because he is not authorized to talk to the media.

A spokesman for Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force declined to comment.

Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Brunei also claim parts of the sea which has rich fishing grounds, oil and gas deposits and through which around $5 trillion of global sea-borne trade passes each year.

Japan does not have any claim to the waters, but has a separate maritime dispute with China in the East China Sea.

Japan wants to invite Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has pushed ties with China in recent months as he has criticized the old alliance with the United States, to visit the Izumo when it visits Subic Bay, about 100 km (62 miles) west of Manila, another of the sources said.

Japan's flag-flying operation comes as the United States under President Donald Trump appears to be taking a tougher line with China. Washington has criticized China's construction of man-made islands and a build-up of military facilities that it worries could be used to restrict free movement.

Beijing in January said it had "irrefutable" sovereignty over the disputed islands after the White House vowed to defend "international territories".

The 249 meter-long (816.93 ft) Izumo is as large as Japan's World War Two-era carriers and can operate up to nine helicopters. It resembles the amphibious assault carriers used by U.S. Marines, but lacks their well deck for launching landing craft and other vessels.

Japan in recent years, particularly under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has been stretching the limits of its post-war, pacifist constitution. It has designated the Izumo as a destroyer because the constitution forbids the acquisition of offensive weapons. The vessel, nonetheless, allows Japan to project military power well beyond its territory.

Based in Yokosuka, near to Tokyo, which is also home to the U.S. Seventh Fleet's carrier, the Ronald Reagan, the Izumo's primary mission is anti-submarine warfare.

(Reporting by Tim Kelly; Editing by Nick Macfie

 

 

[Kusje]

Another step closer to ww3.

 

Though I can't say I would be particularly upset if their helo carrier were hit by a dong feng missile as payback for WW2.

[Beregond]

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/n-korea-preparing-for-biggest-nuclear-test

 

meanwhile north korea is getting ready for their biggest nuclear test..

[Kusje]

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/n-korea-preparing-for-biggest-nuclear-test

 

meanwhile north korea is getting ready for their biggest nuclear test..

It's a bit counterintuitive but I think this actually stabilizes the region.

 

Similar logic to MAD.

[Atonchia]

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/n-korea-preparing-for-biggest-nuclear-test

 

meanwhile north korea is getting ready for their biggest nuclear test..

Everyone trying to flex muscle.

Lucky we very close to Malaysia

http://www.thestar.com.my/videos/2017/03/12/raja-bomoh-protects-malaysia-from-north-korea/

[Victor68]

This Singaporean gave a very good talk

 

[Kusje]

Awkward moment at the start when no one laughed at his lame jokes.

Edited March 22, 2017 by Kusje

[Still2016]

At long last China will assist and protect all Overseas Ethnic Chinese, the same way that a British or French person is protected by his/her respective country when there is ethnic trouble overseas.

At least now we have an option in case something unimaginable happens to Overseas Ethnic Chinese, such as during the anti-Chinese uprising in Indonesia in the 70s.

This is enough reason for us to vote Xi Jin Ping and support China in its foreign affairs.

*Amended articles 50 and 89 (12) of the People's Republic of China Constitution enshrine the Law of Return for ALL ethnic Chinese who have emigrated abroad, even those who did so before the proclamation of the Republic, and covers ALL their descendants born in other countries and holding other nationalities and who have never stepped foot in China before. In the unlikely event that a definable community of ethnic Chinese outside China is threatened with racial violence or genocide, China would provide all assistance to the oppressed community, whether in the form of diplomatic pressure, economic sanctions, or limited military action to secure the safety and effect the evacuation of the said community whose members are all welcomed to return to China to settle there as full citizens with special constitutional privileges granted only to returnees.* China's Law of Return is similar to that of Israel and Germany.

See

http://qwb.sh.gov.cn/shqb/english/laws/userobject1ai1252.html

[mersaylee]

Empty cheque

[Playtime]

At long last China will assist and protect all Overseas Ethnic Chinese, the same way that a British or French person is protected by his/her respective country when there is ethnic trouble overseas.

At least now we have an option in case something unimaginable happens to Overseas Ethnic Chinese, such as during the anti-Chinese uprising in Indonesia in the 70s.

This is enough reason for us to vote Xi Jin Ping and support China in its foreign affairs.

*Amended articles 50 and 89 (12) of the People's Republic of China Constitution enshrine the Law of Return for ALL ethnic Chinese who have emigrated abroad, even those who did so before the proclamation of the Republic, and covers ALL their descendants born in other countries and holding other nationalities and who have never stepped foot in China before. In the unlikely event that a definable community of ethnic Chinese outside China is threatened with racial violence or genocide, China would provide all assistance to the oppressed community, whether in the form of diplomatic pressure, economic sanctions, or limited military action to secure the safety and effect the evacuation of the said community whose members are all welcomed to return to China to settle there as full citizens with special constitutional privileges granted only to returnees.* China's Law of Return is similar to that of Israel and Germany.

See

http://qwb.sh.gov.cn/shqb/english/laws/userobject1ai1252.html

WOW...

This is a political bombshell across Asia.

If got trouble in SCS, they can claim they are protecting ethnic chinese.

Malaysia and Indonesia will be bubbling for sure.

[Kusje]

At long last China will assist and protect all Overseas Ethnic Chinese, the same way that a British or French person is protected by his/her respective country when there is ethnic trouble overseas.

At least now we have an option in case something unimaginable happens to Overseas Ethnic Chinese, such as during the anti-Chinese uprising in Indonesia in the 70s.

This is enough reason for us to vote Xi Jin Ping and support China in its foreign affairs.

*Amended articles 50 and 89 (12) of the People's Republic of China Constitution enshrine the Law of Return for ALL ethnic Chinese who have emigrated abroad, even those who did so before the proclamation of the Republic, and covers ALL their descendants born in other countries and holding other nationalities and who have never stepped foot in China before. In the unlikely event that a definable community of ethnic Chinese outside China is threatened with racial violence or genocide, China would provide all assistance to the oppressed community, whether in the form of diplomatic pressure, economic sanctions, or limited military action to secure the safety and effect the evacuation of the said community whose members are all welcomed to return to China to settle there as full citizens with special constitutional privileges granted only to returnees.* China's Law of Return is similar to that of Israel and Germany.

See

http://qwb.sh.gov.cn/shqb/english/laws/userobject1ai1252.html

 

Where is this amendment being proposed? It is not in the link you posted.

[Nav14]

WOW...

This is a political bombshell across Asia.

If got trouble in SCS, they can claim they are protecting ethnic chinese.

Malaysia and Indonesia will be bubbling for sure.

Not just Malaysia and Indonesia but Singapore as well. Ah Tiongs just need to engineer an uprising / strong protest amongst the 1 million Ah Tiongs  here, construction, bus drivers, masseuses or whatever, forcing the govt to clamp down on it and next thing you know the Ah Tiong warships would be on the way.

The Ah Tiongs are laying the groundwork to justify and eventually control not just SCS but all the countries in SEA. Good luck to us.

[Evillusion]

Not just Malaysia and Indonesia but Singapore as well. Ah Tiongs just need to engineer an uprising / strong protest amongst the 1 million Ah Tiongs here, construction, bus drivers, masseuses or whatever, forcing the govt to clamp down on it and next thing you know the Ah Tiong warships would be on the way.

The Ah Tiongs are laying the groundwork to justify and eventually control not just SCS but all the countries in SEA. Good luck to us.

Not only in SEA.....they are everywhere and if that clause is real many countries would have 2nd thoughts of taking in the Tiongs. Tiongs everywhere would run riot knowing Homeland will come tto heir rescue once there is trouble. Maybe semitic religion prophecy coming true......Gog and Magog.