[ad_1]
On November 1, the Asia Times published an analysis by Dr. Valencia (small photo) titled “What Really Drives the South China Sea Conflict” (roughly translated: What Causes Conflict Risk in the China Sea Southern).
Exchange the truth
The general idea, the article says that the real cause of tension and potential conflict in the South China Sea is the military activities of the United States in this maritime zone.
Consequently, Washington wants to impose ideological values that hinder the rise of Beijing in the region. The United States wants to maintain a dominant position, guarantee order at the service of the interests of this country. According to the author, the United States has not ratified the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), so showing support for international law on the South China Sea is just a way of borrowing an excuse. to “squeeze” China into the sea. this.
The author’s writing “has already put” on Beijing’s sovereignty over the South China Sea, saying that “China’s motive is primarily self-defense.” Meanwhile, Beijing’s sovereignty over the South China Sea has been rejected by the international court of arbitration.
In particular, since 2016, satellite images show that Beijing has completed the construction of a 3,000m long runway, a large hangar … at Cross Rock in the Spratly archipelago. In the same year 2016, other images also showed the same situation in the Xu Bi and Vanh towels (Spratly Islands) that Beijing was illegally occupying.
Thus, the military activities that cause tension in the South China Sea stem from many Chinese actions, and China also does not have legal sovereignty in these waters to “defend” as the author Valencia points out.
Cunning tricks
In the process of forming a soft power to guide public opinion in order to legitimize illegal claims of sovereignty, China established consultation research centers. Through these centers, Beijing publishes reports and at the same time recruits many international experts to conduct analysis according to the interests of the country.
|
In 2018, Dr. Valencia published in The Jakarta Post that China’s illegal and destabilizing militarization actions in the South China Sea were only intended to “defend” because the countries of the region “attract, depend on American steam to provoke “. As a result, the article was strongly rejected by researchers in many countries such as the United States, Singapore, Australia …
|
In particular, the China National Research Institute on the South China Sea has experts such as Dr. Mark Valencia (principal investigator of the institute) and Mr. Ngo Si Ton (President of this institute) continually exchange many articles. for the benefit of Beijing. Last March, Valencia wrote in the South China Morning Post about the visit of the US aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to Vietnam. Thus, Dr. Valencia issued a warning “if Vietnam chooses a position against China and supports the US, it is short-lived.” This doctor also accused Vietnam of being manipulated by the United States to disturb China.
Meanwhile, the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s visit was a diplomatic activity, part of a 25-year series of events that normalized relations between the United States and Vietnam. And similar diplomatic activities still take place between Vietnam and China regularly. On the contrary, the fact that Vietnam has been defending itself against China’s expansionary actions in the South China Sea for many years.
[ad_2]
