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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – China’s expansion into the South China Sea (SCS), which is still in dispute, has inflamed the international community, especially Western countries. It is recorded that several western countries sent their naval combat fleets to these waters.
As reported by the VOA, on Monday (2/22/2021), several Western countries joined the United States (US) in keeping China in the area of the busy trade route. Some are even interested in sending an aircraft carrier. French Defense Minister Florence Parly said in early February that France had sent attack submarines into the sea this month.
The delivery of the submarine is a mission aimed at strengthening Paris’s ties with partners such as the United States, Australia and Japan.
“This extraordinary patrol has just completed a section in the South China Sea. Striking evidence of the ability of our French Navy to be deployed remotely and for a long time with respect to our Australian, American and Japanese strategic partners,” Parly said. On twitter. .officially.
He also added that the mission is to strengthen the strength of international law that resides in the waters of the highly disputed SCS,
“Why such a mission? To enrich our knowledge in this field and affirm that international law is the only rule that applies, regardless of the sea we navigate,” Parly said.
Great Britain also organized a similar mission. A British defense official said last month that Britain’s main carrier strike group was ready to enter the route.
In addition to the three nations, a Canadian Navy warship sailed close to sea in January bypassing the Taiwan Strait on its way to join exercises with the navies of Australia, Japan and the United States in the LCS.
Before these countries, the United States was the western country that most frequently sent its combat fleets to the oceans on “freedom of navigation” missions. Recently, two American carriers, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz, sailed through the Spratly Islands to conduct joint military exercises in freedom of navigation operations in the LCS.
China opposed this activity, which was ordered by the White House. Beijing says this US mission is a futile mission.
“The facts show that stopping China is an impossible mission, and you will only end up shooting yourself,” Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said last month.
The SCS is becoming a potential for widespread global conflict. This is because China continues to claim 90% of the oceanic territory that it owns and is carrying out a massive expansion in the oceans that are also claimed by several countries in Southeast Asia.
In fact, China has reportedly built an 800,000-square-mile city on one of the disputed SCS islands, Paracel. The city was called Shansa. The city is 1,700 times the area of New York.
In that city, China has built several urban-class facilities that include facilities such as seawater desalination and wastewater treatment, new public housing, 5G network coverage, schools, and regular charter flights.
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