What disputed territories are China and Philippines sparring over in the South China Sea?
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- čas přidán 26. 03. 2024
- Tensions between the Philippines and China have escalated over the last two years, mainly over two disputed territories: Scarborough Reef and the Spratly Islands. In the latest flare-up, on 23 March, the Philippines accused the Chinese Coast Guard of injuring its personnel in a water cannon attack near the Second Thomas Shoal - another disputed territory that is part of the Spratly Islands. Pia Krishnankutty explains
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Overseas Filipino Worker, watching from Riyadh. Thank you for helping exposing China's agression in our West Philippines Sea. It would help expose the truth.
Di ba DDS ka dati?
@@meekopal2369 Ilan nawalang reefs ni PNOY sa napaka bagal na modernization ng AFP. At least si Dutdut nawala ang tension para lang makapag modernize tayo ng military assets. Kay Lenlen tenga nanaman tayo dahil si Trililing gagawin nyang defense chief secretary. Nganga nanaman mga pinoy.
@@chrisnoctskie5869 yan ba ang paniwala ng mga tanggang DDS na tulad mo? Nasa coma ka ba noong sinabi ng baliw na taga davao na pinamimigay ang reefs natin? Sinisi pa ang mangingisda noong banggain ng mga intsik? Ang tulad mong pinoy na tanga ay dapat di binibigyan ng pagkakataon pang huminga.
@@chrisnoctskie5869DDS SPOTTED! Traitor TO THE COUNTRY!!!!!!!!
@@chrisnoctskie5869 nawala ang dispute kay duterte kasi nagpakatuta ka sa sarili mong bayan? Willing ka magpakatutta sa sarili mong bansa? Anong klase ka?
Thanks for your support India. Philippines will remember your strong support.
You need more money 💰 lenders ?.
indian support,,,,you do not the joking called India lead company?
@@jizifeng english please... english...
@@ngfookkwai6096No we want less Chinese and more Indians. Better people.
Thank you, Indian Government for your help & support to our soldiers along with Americans soldiers
with support from US? Forget Ukrain?
China is your neighbor and you should carefully and don't listen to Indian and American, do you see how they attacks killed people likes, me you and Chinese due to racism or Asian hates. Both India and China jealousy of China because they can't compete with China when its come to economic and soft power.
@@jizifengUkraine doesn't have MDT with the U.S and NATO, and you're obviously a bot, I mean look at your pfp..
@@Hotdogbruh MDT with the U.S？Taiwan Japan ,south Vitnam all have that and all lose island to China,Ph also lose Scarborough Shoal in 2013
@@jizifengI'm pretty sure the U.S didn't have MDT with South Vietnam, they just decided to intervene because of the reds, and if you think The U.S will abandon The Philippines then think again,
Japan, South Korea and Australia will start building nukes if America abandons a single ally in Indo-pacific during a war and nobody wants that including West Taiwan, that's why they're harassing Filipino fishermen and using gray-zone tactics to invade west Philippines sea.. And it's also west Taiwan's fault why Philippines lost Scarborough Shoal to West Taiwan.
Thank you India
It is not disputed Island because it is part of PHILIPPINES EEZ.
你专属经济区为什么把中国的岛屿包括在内，况且中国的岛屿从历史上一直存在，中国对该岛屿形式主权的时候你们的国家还没存在。
Delusional claims.
@@user-vt3hv9yj3xyou chinese having greedy mind, are you chinese still in a normal mind?
@@user-co3gg5qt7f it is China’s claim that is delusional. No country even believe in their claim only China! How pathetic is that?
@@user-vt3hv9yj3x 你傻吗？ 中国没有任何证据表明它拥有菲律宾部分领土。 你们所有的古代地图都显示你们国家的最南端是海南岛。
你们的国家是一个虚伪的国家。 不知道“相互”这个词是什么意思。 你的国家吃自己的屎
what history?? so shup up troll you dont even have freedom
There is really no dispute here.
The islands are only 90 miles away from the nearest Philippines island.
While over 900 miles away from mainland china.
The law if the sea dictates, anything 12 nautical miles from your land, it is your territory.
Anything below 201 nautical miles is your economic zone. A right for you to explore for your economic gain.
THAT IS VERY CLEAR. CHINA IS THE SQUATTER OF THE SEA.
what is the dispute? Philippines do not lost any eez and Scarbourgh shoal is not Philippines territory.it is outside the treaty of Paris and is not submerge at all time
@@hello69468 IT is PH territory. Your greed is eating your common sense. You are so FAR north. The island is just beside the PH.
@@hello69468 CCP bot, keep saying that cause the world not buying it.
But we have those waters in history, For example do any Countries challenge British's Island near Argentina, or French islands in Pacific
@@jackytang3683as if the former Chinese empires were connected to the current People's Republic of China.
You should be under Mongolia's rule if that's the case. Japan, UK, and Germany can also claim some parts of China then.
Thank you for standing with Us.
Only the Truth prevail.
For the for the peace of the country for the alliance 💪
Philippines ❤
I am a filipino and i thank you India for your support..from the bottom of our hearts, Maraming maraming salamat po sa inyo♥️♥️
Well said and laid out miss India, LovE from Phil. thank you for the support from India. China is hypocritical on their claims of all the seas up to the legal bounderies of the Philippines based on UNCLOS ( united nations convention on the LAW of the SEA) Whereas china is also part of this convention, not to mention they're one of the primaries who ratified UNCLOS
UNCLOS is a universally accepted convention adopted in 1982, which sets out rights and obligations of states in the ocean space.
One of the most intractable issues in the South China Sea is which state has sovereignty over the disputed islands. Some or all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, and Taiwan. The Paracel Islands are claimed by China and Vietnam. Territorial sovereignty disputes are governed by rules of customary international law on the acquisition and loss of territory, not by UNCLOS.
the underlying dispute between the claimant countries since 1945 is one of territorial rights over the SCS islands. After oil was discovered in the SCS in 1969, Philippines started to challenge China’s claims of territorial rights over the SCS islands, after having kept quiet for 25 years prior.
And UNCLOS is not the proper forum because it does not deal with matters of territorial disputes or to resolve issues of sovereignty, as that field is governed by rules of customary international law on the acquisition and loss of territory, which can be decided by the ICJ ONLY. No jurisdiction means no power to define the sovereignty rights over the disputed islands. If Philippines were serious about its claim, it would have commenced proceedings with ICJ and not a powerless UNCLOS tribunal.
Besides, China had already opted out of arbitration by lodging an article 298(1) UNCLOS declaration in 2006, just as more than 40 signatory countries have done.
China couldnt expand their territory on neighboring lands they try to do it on the sea. How pathetic...
We have those waters in history
@@jackytang3683(history) mongolia : Am I joke to you?
@@jackytang3683 Your history began after the cultural revolution.
No you don't have it.
Before and after the cultural revolution.
What you have is theft and robbery.
Cpc is a murderous thieving regime.
@@jackytang3683your history on the sea is fabricated. Your history said you are a land grabber. Now you want a vast sea.
@@jackytang3683 In your greatest historic lies, where greed is ingrained in your brain and in your blood since you were born and
made you proud of it mentally.
Not only the WPS is invalid China's claim but the entire SCS is invalid because their claim of dashline or 9 dashline according to their own drawing on their map is not accepted.
According to them that their drawn 9 dashline is a proof that China owns the entire SCS including the WPS.
If the dashlines are the basis of the territory or claim, does that mean that the entire Gulf of Mexico can also be drawn by Mexico along with the EEZ of the US?
Does that mean India can also draw a dashline in the Indian Ocean and claim it?
And even the Arabian Sea can be drawn with a dash line and claimed by the Arabs?
Even the entire Persian Gulf can be drawn as a dash line to be claimed by Iran?
None of them made such a dashline because they knew how far they covered and especially now that all countries have to comply with international law or UNCLOS
Absolutely correct...from philippines
well said..
WoW!!! Very true and correct 👍 explaination!!! Thank you 🙏🏼💖🥰
Good explaination... But for those Chinese mongoloids they believe 9 or 10 dash line existence ... For sure if they get Taiwan they will claim batanese island next that's the greedy plan ahhaha
God bless Philippines
thank you in helping us, Philippines, exposing demonic action in West Philippines Sea.
Good reporting well researched and unbiased
Thank you India for supporting the Philippines 🇮🇳🇵🇭🇺🇲🇮🇱 united we stand devided we fall
Full Support My Brother 🇵🇭🇮🇩
Thank you Print!!!
Thank you so much india..
One day the earth is China teritory encluding the moon and stars😅
That's the most coward statement from you.
or maybe one day you witnessed the hundreds of Mushroom 😅
@@CapRogers616tell that to the greedy chinese.
@@CapRogers616 China owns the entire south china see base on thier historical matter. What do they think the Phillipines? No history? The philippines not exist before? Philippines is archepelagic country island apart to each other meaning people travel at sea and this reef which too far from china they claim thier own. They are the one coward they use thier might to treathen small country.
GOD is did something that dont like ...china economy ruin.you know what happen to babylon
Correction: NOT sounth china sea
WEST PHILIPPINES SEA!
Because the named China Sea it means it belongs to China? No it doesn't mean it belongs to China we have the Law of the Sea on which your country which is China was a member of that UNITED NATION CONVENTION the LAW OF THE SEA and China was one of the signatories of that convention, so why China did not follow the rules especially the 209 Nautical Miles starting from the landmark of every country. The Philippines claimed only which is belongs to them which is EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) but the China doest have bases and made their own claimed which is hey called it HISTORIC RIGHTS, you know what we have very very old map of the Philippines which is more more older to your claims and we submitted it to the HAGUE, NETHERLAND where UNCLOS established, we won the case and China doesn't have historical rights and it's just fabricated by them. China did not accept the HAGUE decisions so what for for being member and signatories of UNCLOS?. China very much interested of that area which is part of Philippines just because of NATURAL RESOURCES (Oil & Gas) HOW GREEDY YOU ARE CHINA almost you claimed the whole world that's why you had a lot of enemies now, so be careful with your bold moves many countries are against your claims.
想把名字都改了？
China grabbing territory their all neibor country.
There is no disputes in south china sea or WPS. But, there us a violation by China by refusing to accept UN ruling on Law of the sea. It is crealy Cihna is invading Philippines EEZ.
All those shoals and tiny islands are obviously within the Philippines EEZ's just by looking at the map shown here. We Filipinos again challenge China to another arbitration in their false sovereignty over our territorial waters.
Thank you' for support Philippines right territories...China please respect other territories in Asia?huwag kang sugapa at sakim china😢😢😢😢
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China wanted all the marine and mineral resources of SCS and will lie to its teeth on its claim. Philippines will be resilient, steadfast and will act according to international laws.
The Philippines backed its historical claims from the 17th-century map, where the Scarborough Shoal First Appeared on Maps of Philippine waters in the 1750s. On the night of Sept. 12, 1748, the British East India Co. ship Scarborough struck the now-famous reef of the same name while on its way from England to China.
As a result, the name Scarborough Shoal first appeared on maps of Philippine waters by English cartographers in the 1750s, according to research by a member of the Philippine Map Collectors Society. It also appears in the Murillo Velarde map in his 1749 book under the name Panacot or Scarborough Shoal, both terms refer to Bajo de Masinloc.
Going Back to the 17Th century, the Hydrographical and Chorographical Chart of the Philippine Islands was one of the First versions of the Philippines map. This magnificent map of the Philippine archipelago, drawn by the Jesuit Father Pedro Murillo Velarde and published in Manila in 1734, is the first and most important scientific map of the Philippines.
The Philippines was at that time a vital part of the Spanish Empire, and the map shows the maritime routes with captions from Manila to Spain, and to Mexico known as New Spain, and other Spanish territories in the New World.
Currently, the Philippines based its claims on the legal Victory on the 12th of July 2016, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Arbitral Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration between the Republic of the Philippines versus The People’s Republic of China, which issued a unanimous award in the disputed waters in the South China Sea, was largely favorable to the Philippines, which was rejected by China.
Reference: “How the Philippines "DEBUNKED" China's Historical Claims in the West Philippine Sea”
Thank you the print
I love the way she speaks, its clear and light...I think the Philippines should be united now.
well explained!❤
Thanks for the update,the most reliable channel
Thank you so much India🤝Ph
Both countries have overlapping claims in the area but one country is out there willing to hurt the other party.
Anung overlapping ang pinagsasabi mo...ang Pilipinas ay hindi umaangkin ng teritoryo ng iba
Thank you❤❤❤❤❤
Good Am Miss indian ty po for New up date
It is part of ayungin soal zambales, phillipines EEZ 200 nautical miles
China 1,600 nautical miles
The Americans reminded the Philippines at its independence in 1946 that the Spratlys was not Philippine territory, both to not anger Chiang Kai-shek in China and because the Spratlys were not part of the Philippines per the 1898 treaty Spain signed with America.
@@junjiechen7461get out china phillipines territory china please follow the rule of international law And UNCLOS... china 1,600 nautical miles from ayungin soal ..
Phillipines 200 nautical miles i ayungin soal is a part of zambales, phillipines..... china please follow the international law and UNCLOS 1982
@@junjiechen7461 do you understand the international law and UNCLOS 1982 and 200 nautical miles from terrotory do you understand ...sadik ...malum or mafefalum sadik
Thanks for taking up this video. ❤PH
Very well said. 👍
It is not disputed, it was already ruled out that those islands are in Philippine teritory.
Thank you India..& other allies for the support of our contry, Philippines...
THANK YOU INDIA FOR YOUR SUPPORT..
GOD BLESS..
We will defend our territorial waters whatever the cost.❤
That shows only Chinas blindness not accepting the Law of the sea..
That's true
Philippines belong to INDIA and INDIA belong to Philippines!!that a strong brotherhood ever!!thank you Indian government for continuing support..the Philippines is welcome you to our country as your home!
Excellent & helpful summary!! Do some of these have any implication on the turmoil going on within the Philippines, between Marcos & a duterte faction in the south ?
There should not be a dispute, those islands/shoals/seas belong to the Philippines only. China has no right to whatever basis she has. By law and sovereignty, they belong only to the Philippines. It is China making all the problems and conflicts in the West Philippine Sea.
Get your historical context right
Those islands have been part of Chinese territory for centuries without contest. This fact was acknowledged both by the UN and Japan after the WWII. It was only contested in recent years by others. However all other claimants have come to an agreement with China to jointly develop the areas, except the Philippines. The phines is the odd man out in this matter, no doubt due to their obedience to their US white master.
The Americans reminded the Philippines at its independence in 1946 that the Spratlys was not Philippine territory, both to not anger Chiang Kai-shek in China and because the Spratlys were not part of the Philippines per the 1898 treaty Spain signed with America.
Over the past few months, it has been the Philippines who is breaching the common understandings with China and heightening tensions in the South China Sea; it is the Philippines who has attempted to change the current status of Ren'ai Jiao and make it a fait accompli; and it is the Philippines who has on every occasion courted external forces to put pressure on China. No matter what smokescreen the Philippines uses and what blame game it plays, nothing will change those facts : The Philippines promised to tow away the warship illegally grounded at Ren'ai Jiao 24 years ago. But 24 years on, the warship is still there. China and the Philippines had agreed to properly manage the issue of Ren'ai Jiao and thereby kept things stable at sea. However, over the course of this year, the Philippines has gone back on its words and kept sending government and military vessels into the water of Ren'ai Jiao to supply construction materials for the large-scale repair and reinforcement of the "grounded" warship and permanently occupy Ren'ai Jiao. This is what has caused tensions between China and the Philippines.
The Philippines, bolstered by external support, has brushed aside China's goodwill and restraint and repeatedly challenged China's principles and the red line. This is a major risk that could drive up tensions at sea.
China remains committed to upholding peace and stability in the South China Sea through dialogue and consultation with the Philippines and other ASEAN countries. That being said, China will not weaken in its resolve to safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. Hope the Philippines will realize that trying itself to some major power and forcing China to back down on issues concerning China's core interests will lead to nowhere. Ultimately, it is the Philippines' own interests and the region's peace and stability that will take the toll.
Kaylan pa? Ngayon na eban na ang mga Chinese products dito sa Pilipinas.... Pleaseeeeeee
Thanks Madam
Thanks India spreading info with these uncivilized actions of China to the world.
God bliss our country and also the pbbm lord always withyou fight wih nation❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Pls stop using disputed… it’s already resolved and decided by the court who really own the sea… also unclos has the words about it
UNCLOS is a universally accepted convention adopted in 1982, which sets out rights and obligations of states in the ocean space.
One of the most intractable issues in the South China Sea is which state has sovereignty over the disputed islands. Some or all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, and Taiwan. The Paracel Islands are claimed by China and Vietnam. Territorial sovereignty disputes are governed by rules of customary international law on the acquisition and loss of territory, not by UNCLOS.
the underlying dispute between the claimant countries since 1945 is one of territorial rights over the SCS islands. After oil was discovered in the SCS in 1969, Philippines started to challenge China’s claims of territorial rights over the SCS islands, after having kept quiet for 25 years prior.
And UNCLOS is not the proper forum because it does not deal with matters of territorial disputes or to resolve issues of sovereignty, as that field is governed by rules of customary international law on the acquisition and loss of territory, which can be decided by the ICJ ONLY. No jurisdiction means no power to define the sovereignty rights over the disputed islands. If Philippines were serious about its claim, it would have commenced proceedings with ICJ and not a powerless UNCLOS tribunal.
Besides, China had already opted out of arbitration by lodging an article 298(1) UNCLOS declaration in 2006, just as more than 40 signatory countries have done.
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It's not disputed water but aggression by china within Philippine territory
There is supposed to be NO maritime dispute between China and the PH if only China follows and respects the International Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The area where this harassment of Filipino fishermen and Filipino boats is happening is in the WEST PH SEA which is also called the PH EEZ ( Exclusive Economic Zone). Where is the logic there? How can an EEZ of a country be claimed by another country that is far far away? EEZs are like a country's backyard actually.
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Thank you India for the support!
To be precise the areas qouted are not disputed areas , but the areas are being attacked , invaded & annexed by CHINA in violation of International laws & statutes !
Look at all the illegal claims between India , Russia , the ASIAN countries including Japan , Vietnam , Indonesia , PHILIPPINES , Thailand , Malaysia , etc. and all the other countries ?
This are all settled boundaries but CHINA just fabricated the 9 dashline map that is growing & expanding in coverage , to invade into the territories of the other sovereign countries , until it would have invaded the whole world ?
CHINA is embarking in a military expansion for its dream of an imperial domination !
The world must unite to stop this madness before it engulfs the world to its destruction !
In 1947, China issued a map detailing its claims, and insists history backs up its claims - Beijing says its right to the area goes back centuries to when the Paracel and Spratly island chains were regarded as integral parts of the Chinese nation. These claims are mirrored by Taiwan.7 Jul 2023
Which belonged to Vietnam originally and was stolen.
Thank you India for helping Philippines for the freedom and democracy..
Battle between David and Goliath...at the end Philippines will win...with the right strategy....
You can hardly handle the Muslim rebels,think 💭 you win ?.
@@ngfookkwai6096 If you join your army, he is not going to win. So go home and enlist. Your master needs your support.
@@hisagony8094 Ha ha you never expected to that I have ex military training before when I was in the 🪖 army before, really surprise you.
@@ngfookkwai6096 Cpc could hardly contain discontent in mainland China.
Always looking for trouble, now trouble is inside.
China in reality is collapsing from within. It's population is aging fast. Young people just lay flat out of hopelessness. No motivation whatsoever.
Depressingly sad.
Pathetic existence.
@@ngfookkwai6096 No , I don't expect another lie.
Let there be peace.
UNCLOS is a universally accepted convention adopted in 1982, which sets out rights and obligations of states in the ocean space.
One of the most intractable issues in the South China Sea is which state has sovereignty over the disputed islands. Some or all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, and Taiwan. The Paracel Islands are claimed by China and Vietnam. Territorial sovereignty disputes are governed by rules of customary international law on the acquisition and loss of territory, not by UNCLOS.
Thank you for exposing Chinese aggressions.thank u freinds
GOD bless and protect our Philippines and our dear India from the illegal, aggressive military forces against the peaceful military forces of Inaia and our Philippines.
The smell of gunpowder are over everywhere in seas
India, thank you for your support
Thank you india❤ supporting sovereignty
Thank you India for standing with the Phils for the WPS issue
thank you for the information. But can you go beyond this information? Can you look for why China is so confident of its historical maps, by just denying it, so that we can clear picture?
Thanks you for taking West Philippines sea
many countries support philippines, but they will not risk their lives for them... still the filipinos will fight for their own
I'm inlove with the reporter..
Ppl shud also Goggle this issue and form their own opinion
Both the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, commonly known as Taiwan) claim almost the entire body as their own, demarcating their claims within what is known as the "nine-dash line", which claims overlap with virtually every other country in the region
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News reports should not say "disputed" as Phils and other particularly asian countries have indisputable sovereign maritime rights over their respective EEZs as affirmed by UN Arbitral ruling & long ago worlwide recognized/observed UNCLOS to which China is ironically a signatory. China is now focussing on a militarily weaker Phils,good thing we have a defense treaty w the US.China's invasive actions into EEZs of militarily stronger Japan, S. Korea, Vietnam & Indonesia seem to have subsided .
It's not dispute, china is stealing Philippines territory. China ships are inside exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
Please you must be specific statement using the word disputed, change into harassment by china in the West Philippines sea. Thanks
CORRECTION IT'S WEST PHILIPPINES SEA
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@@parthkalsi7 written that Bharat sud supli Weapons to Yaiwan. You write Yaiwan n comments got deleted
@@Kenkalsi how’s ur surname kalsi though ur punjabi?
@@parthkalsi7 Chinese couldn't pronounce my name Kuldip so they gave me name Ken. Kalsi is Ramgarhia caste surname.
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This is not a dispute young Lady
This is grabbing for your info
You must be corrected
Greed is the root!
I love India right now .
...eeeWWWW..!! DISGUSTING AH. 🤢🤢🤢
Like boxing of heavy weight and light weight without referees.
Duterte is the only Philippines president, who wants the Philippines give to china, until the country belong to Chinese territory, and have no dispute against twó countries, until he became prime minister of handed out country to china.
this is the last hurray of our beloved Philippines.
this is not the firts time that china fires water to philippine support team.
Chyna is going to get a thumping if it keeps this crap up!
China is CONTINENT means large land area Philippines is ARTCHIPELAGO means sea 's and islands CHINA BOGUS CLAIMS why dont you ask MARKO POLO PERIOD 😮
Sad that Pakistani loved Filipinos but side with China because of economic reasons.
Thank you India..
If we look at the SCS dispute from both natural and man-made reasons, we will find that the Philippines is the owner in both reasons. Naturally, a country owns the sea that borders on the country. Since the SCS borders on the Philippines and therefore it owns part of the SCS. Philippines is one of the owners.
The man-made reason is the UNCLOS; it delimited a EEZ to the Philippines.
As a filipino who wanted to be a true christian I tell you, i really believe in prophecy in this is another sign that the world is at it's end.... I will continue preaching the gospel even in my seamanship career in the new name of Christ and Jerusalem...
Thank you for exposing the greediness of China!
China is repeatedly twisting the truth of the standoff... Thanks for your support.... the oppressor will have no room of support in the international community...though this can be likened to the David and Goliath battle... the arrogant will never prevail...
Support by words is the most cheapest way and means nothing😂
water cannon
vs water cannon.