China Will Ignore South China Sea Lawsuit Decision

[Unkotare]

I have been to the South China Sea and sailed by the islands in dispute. The tiny islands are almost equidistant from China, Vietnam and The Philippines but are closer to China's Hainan Island which is a big island and a resort area today. Hainan may be a peninsula but we called it Hainan Island.

I have been to the South China Sea and sailed by the islands in dispute. The tiny islands are almost equidistant from China, Vietnam and The Philippines but are closer to China's Hainan Island which is a big island and a resort area today. Hainan may be a peninsula but we called it Hainan Island.

Hainan Island is not a peninsula.

 

[Vikrant]

The issue here is that China claims entire South China Sea and East China Sea as its territory. CCP makes this claim because one of the words in those two names is 'China'. This is the pinnacle of pettiness.

 

[Vikrant]

Amid already heightened tensions, the Indian government has hit out at Beijing over their rejection of The Hague's South China Sea ruling. On 12 July, the tribunal stated that China had "no legal basis" to claim historic rights to the disputed waters, and that they had violated the Philippines' sovereign rights.

On 25 July, India's Junior Foreign Minister VK Singh urged China to "show utmost respect" for the UN tribunal ruling against it, adopting a harsher tone than even those who also have claims over the South China Sea. The remarks came hours after foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) group chose not to criticise China over their reaction.

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India-China relations: Harm to bilateral ties as Delhi blasts Beijing over South China Sea

 

[Vikrant]

This is hilarious

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China blocked India's NSG bid, but now wants India's help on South China Sea

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is visiting India on a three-day tour from August 12. Wang would try to make efforts aimed at ensuring that Prime Minister Narendra Modi do not join other countries in raising the controversial issue of South China Sea during the upcoming G20 meeting in early September.

China is extremely worried that several countries including the United States+ would raise the issue after an international tribunal rejecting Beijing's claims over ownership of much of the sea area recently. The ruling came after Philippines challenged Beijing's claim over much of the sea area at a tribunal constituted under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Seas.

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China blocked India's NSG bid, but now wants help on South China Sea - Times of India