Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
06-22-2023, 10:13 AM
https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0616/China-calls-halt-to-island-building-in-South-China-Sea.-Sign-of-compromise?cmpid=mkt:ggl:dsa-np&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp82P15PX_wIVvS7UAR0yAgYrEAAYAiAA EgLCxfD_BwE
WORLD ASIA PACIFIC
China calls halt to island building in South China Sea. Sign of compromise?
China has earned US opprobrium over artificial enhancement of tiny islands in the Pacific that it seeks to claim as its territory. China has added some 2,000 acres of land, some of which is being purposed as military airstrips.
This aerial photo taken from a military plane shows China's reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands. The dispute over the strategic waterways of the South China Sea has intensified, pitting a rising China against its smaller and militarily weaker neighbors.
Ritchie B. Tongo/AP
By Michael Holtz, Staff writer
June 16, 2015
China announced Tuesday it will stop new island building in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, but says it will continue to develop the outposts it controls in the maritime heart of Southeast Asia.
While the announcement from China’s Foreign Ministry was an apparent bid to reassure neighboring countries, and the United States, in the strategically important region, concerns about Beijing's intentions have not abated, reports The Associated Press.
Tensions are likely to remain high as China says it will build out military and civilian facilities on the islands that it has industriously filled in and expanded. In a statement on its website, the Foreign Ministry said the facilities were designed to carry out maritime search and rescue missions, environmental conservation, and scientific research.
Reparations debate: Mending the past, forging the future
“After the land reclamation, we will start the building of facilities to meet relevant functional requirements ----,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in the statement. He defended the building of islands, saying that it fell “within the scope of China’s sovereignty” and was "lawful, reasonable and justified.”
The Wall Street Journal reports that the “imminent end to China’s island-building work could signal a willingness to seek compromise with Washington and rival claimants in the South China Sea.” China's President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit the US in September.
https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0616/China-calls-halt-to-island-building-in-South-China-Sea.-Sign-of-compromise?cmpid=mkt:ggl:dsa-np&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp82P15PX_wIVvS7UAR0yAgYrEAAYAiAA EgLCxfD_BwE """
"relevant functional requirementa"" equals military preparedness, airstrips etc..
I bet that they say that without laughing. --Tyr
WORLD ASIA PACIFIC
China calls halt to island building in South China Sea. Sign of compromise?
China has earned US opprobrium over artificial enhancement of tiny islands in the Pacific that it seeks to claim as its territory. China has added some 2,000 acres of land, some of which is being purposed as military airstrips.
This aerial photo taken from a military plane shows China's reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands. The dispute over the strategic waterways of the South China Sea has intensified, pitting a rising China against its smaller and militarily weaker neighbors.
Ritchie B. Tongo/AP
By Michael Holtz, Staff writer
June 16, 2015
China announced Tuesday it will stop new island building in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, but says it will continue to develop the outposts it controls in the maritime heart of Southeast Asia.
While the announcement from China’s Foreign Ministry was an apparent bid to reassure neighboring countries, and the United States, in the strategically important region, concerns about Beijing's intentions have not abated, reports The Associated Press.
Tensions are likely to remain high as China says it will build out military and civilian facilities on the islands that it has industriously filled in and expanded. In a statement on its website, the Foreign Ministry said the facilities were designed to carry out maritime search and rescue missions, environmental conservation, and scientific research.
Reparations debate: Mending the past, forging the future
“After the land reclamation, we will start the building of facilities to meet relevant functional requirements ----,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in the statement. He defended the building of islands, saying that it fell “within the scope of China’s sovereignty” and was "lawful, reasonable and justified.”
The Wall Street Journal reports that the “imminent end to China’s island-building work could signal a willingness to seek compromise with Washington and rival claimants in the South China Sea.” China's President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit the US in September.
https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0616/China-calls-halt-to-island-building-in-South-China-Sea.-Sign-of-compromise?cmpid=mkt:ggl:dsa-np&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp82P15PX_wIVvS7UAR0yAgYrEAAYAiAA EgLCxfD_BwE """
"relevant functional requirementa"" equals military preparedness, airstrips etc..
I bet that they say that without laughing. --Tyr