Teritorial Disputes in the South China Sea .

                                        

[edit] Events

[edit] Taiwan

In 1939, Japan invaded and occupied the South China Sea islands. 1946 according to the "spirit of the Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation, China Ministry of the Interior in conjunction with the Department of the Navy and the Guangdong provincial government to appoint Xiao Yin and Mak Yun Yu, Commissioner for The Spratly and Paracel archipelago, went to take over The Spratly and Paracel archipelago, build up the sovereignty of the monuments.
In 1952 according to "Treaty of Peace with Japan", the Spratly and Paracel archipelagobe were returned to China
In 1956, Taiwan's navy has dispatched the prestige fleet, the Weiyuan fleet and the Ning fleet to patrol the Spratly Islands.Cruise process, in the Pacific Island, South Island, West Tsukishima heavy tree monument, held a flag raising ceremony, and adapted for the "Nansha garrison" reassignment Marines to protect Pacific Island
In 1975, the Taiwan authorities claim the only legitimate sovereign of the Spratly. For the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, successively seized the Spratly Islands.
January 28, 2000, the establishment of the Coast Guard Administration to take over the Pacific Island

[edit] Vietnam

1956-1971, South Vietnam occupy the The Spratly Islands, and issued a declaration of sovereignty over the The Spratly; 1958,September 14, the North Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong sent Premier Zhou Enlai in a formal diplomatic correspondence. In this correspondence, recognized that The Spratly and Paracel archipelago have been China's territory since ancient times. The government official letter written on the Vietnamese Government fully agree with the Declaration and its Annexes of the Chinese Government on the 12-mile on February 14, 1975, new Vietnam claimeded that "sovereignty" on The Spratly and Paracel archipelago

[edit] China

In 1974, the outbreak of the Paracel Islands naval battle with Vietnam (South Vietnam), retaking the Paracel Islands was placed under the jurisdiction of Hainan.
In the 1988 Johnson South Reef Skirmish with Vietnam, China took back seven the Spratly Islands.
In 1997, China reaffirmed the U-shaped area in the South China Sea as Chinese territorial waters and Chinese sovereignty over of all reefs within the area.

[edit] 2005

Chinese ships fired upon two Vietnamese fishing boats from Thanh Hoa province, killing 9 people and detaining one ship.^[16]

[edit] 2009

• In March 2009: The Pentagon reported that Chinese ships harassed a U.S. surveillance ship. According to the report, five Chinese vessels "shadowed and aggressively maneuvered in dangerously close proximity to USNS Impeccable, in an apparent coordinated effort to harass the U.S. ocean surveillance ship while it was conducting routine operations in international waters.” The crew members aboard the vessels, two of which were within 50 feet, waved Chinese flags and told the U.S. ship to leave the area, the statement said. ^[17]

[edit] 2011

• 26 May: The clash involved the Vietnamese Binh Minh 02 oil and gas survey ship and three Chinese maritime patrol vessels occurred 120km (80 miles) off the south-central coast of Vietnam and some 600km south of China's Hainan island. Vietnam says the Chinese boats deliberately cut the survey ship's cables in Vietnamese waters. China denies the allegation.^[18] The event stirred up unprecedented anti-China protests in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city.^[19]

• On June 9th, 2011, a Norwegian-flagged seismic conducting ship hired by Vietnam Oil & Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam) clashed with another three Chinese fishery patrol vessels within Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Vietnam once again claimed its exploration cables were deliberately cut. [1]

“	“China’s systematic action is aimed at turning the undisputed area belonging to Vietnam into an area under dispute in order to materialize China’s nine-dotted line claim in the East Sea. This is unacceptable”	”
—Vietnamese spokeswoman Pham Phuong Nga, following the June 9th incident

[edit] 2012

• In April 2012, the Philippine warship Gregorio del Pilar was involved in a standoff with two Chinese surveillance vessels in the Scarborough Shoal, an area claimed by both nations^[20]. The Philippine navy had been trying to arrest a group of Chinese fisherman, but the surveillance boats prevented them. On April 14, 2012, U.S. and the Philippines held their yearly war games in Palawan, Philippines. The games involved 4,500 US personnel and 2,300 Filipino troops. "Our aim is not against any country, our aim is to protect maritime security and to protect the interests of our country," said Major Emmanuel Garcia, Philippine military spokesman for the games. ^[21]

• On April 16, 2012, the Chinese Foreign Ministry urged a Philippine archaeological ship to immediately leave the waters of the Scarborough Shoal (Huangyan Island), which China claims is an "integral part of its territory"^[22].

• On May 7 2012, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying called a meeting with Alex Chua, Charge D'affaires of the Philippine Embassy in China, to make a serious representation over the current incident at the Scarborough Shoal (Huangyan Island), telling him that China has "made all preparations to respond to any escalation of the situation by the Philippine side"^[23]. China also warned its nationals against travel to the Philippines and raised trade barriers on imported pineapples and bananas^[24].