The Militarization of the South China Sea

Tensions between the U.S. and China have been steadily escalating on a range of issues, but there’s one place where a clash of superpowers would be most likely to happen: the South China Sea. Even with a new U.S. president, the disagreements that led to this moment won’t be easy to resolve. So how did this body of water become a major flashpoint in U.S.-China relations?
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[@bazle64]

More western imperialist propaganda, thumbs down

[@quangtranminh1020]

NO CHINESE AND MOSCOWA IT'S NOT

[@quangtranminh1020]

NO CHINA'S AND NO MOSCOWA IT'S NOT

[@quangtranminh1020]

NUMBER THEN CHINA'S NO IT'S NOT

[@valentinoggesen6190]

We do not want an animal system like China and we should gather together to teach China to become more human.

[@Hallow_Ghost]

Me who realize that I live in the Philippines which is in the middle of these two superpowers.. *"Guess ill die"*

[@jeffguevara5967]

That's why it's important to vote out the inept, inutile politicians & their cronies who are brown nosing to china, expecting to be rewarded by the communists.

[@alas2210]

Join the military.

[@organizedchaos4559]

@@Lord_Reeves That's a cruel joke.

[@kipvio1610]

you mean they will dropped bomb accidentally... that's must be scary af 😂

[@sneakyjoe12]

Yea right bro! we got you

[@Naxafa]

I've been personally keeping an eye on this issue for years and it's just getting more unstable...

[@pholiux1418]

So war in 2021 or just a show off military superiority?? Perhaps the CCP are testing how fast is the response of the taiwanese

[@Naxafa]

@@pholiux1418 I hope there are no wars, I don't think it would be useful for anyone. 🤔 China is stronger in the place.

[@neelpatel097]

Same here.

[@jackrabbit4421]

@@Naxafa You are right. It wouldn't be useful. No, it would be horrible! We haven't seen a semetical war since, when? WWII? The Korean war? And what is the worst of it is, both sides have the nuclear option. If a war breaks out it would be a brand new kind of horrible.

[@Naxafa]

@@jackrabbit4421 Yes. It would be heartbreaking and horrible, very sad. I said "useful" as a term putting myself in the shoes of someone who considers war as an option (not me). I hope for the best... I don't want to come to this video in a future and feel sad or disappointed. I hope for no wars. Humankind... I really hope we don't do the same mistakes. Thanks for your comment.

[@gabrielarquillo3355]

I love how no one talks about China building military bases on reefs.

[@RedNeckAmericans]

Because nobody talk about Americans hydrogen bomb experimented on the people of Marshall Islands.

[@gabrielarquillo3355]

@@RedNeckAmericans I love how you are not knowledgeable with the past testings that occurred 50 years ago and the American public knew about the testing. Only reason its not a talkative subject bc it occurred 50 years ago. Know one in this generation know about the testings.

[@RedNeckAmericans]

@@gabrielarquillo3355 testing was done 50 years ago but people are still suffering... They need justice.

[@gabrielarquillo3355]

@@RedNeckAmericans yeah I’m sorry they were “tested” but there were like hundreds of people living in the Marshall Islands. China Buliding military bases on reefs can affect the whole ecosystem in the South China Sea which can result in fish dying out or moving out from that part of the ocean and will effect millions of people that depend on fishing starve and so on. Reefs are important more than ever including the rise of climate change. We need to be more aware than ever and try to do our parts.

[@RedNeckAmericans]

@@gabrielarquillo3355 that's true on the part of China asserting it's power and we should condemn also equally can we also condemn USA for atrocities committing in middle East???

[@kirksander]

Tbh Most SEA countries just want to have their local fishermen freely do their livelihood without chinese military spraying jets of water to them and anything violent.

[@kentershackle1329]

Look at Map, fiery reef , spartly tell me the logic to fish there?. Where theres HUGE territorial areas to fish..peacefully.

[@thetruthalwaysscary]

Try to fish next to a USA military ship or base anywhere in the world, you see how fast you get bombed to particles. Most Asian countries cared less about China until USA and UK placed pressure on them "to protest". China never had colonizing intentions, while our governments in the west still do.

[@jc.1191]

Sorry. They're bad neighbors right now.

[@carval51]

@@thetruthalwaysscary that a lie I'm from this asean country, most have trouble dealing with them because of power difference

[@Justwantahover]

@@thetruthalwaysscary So why are the Chinese building weapon bases in international waters if it's not blatant aggression?

[@user-km2bz8iy5o]

Just a look at China's claim on the map and it immediately looks ridiculous to anyone

[@dillontuan121]

Just a look at how US military vessels placed on the map and it immediately looks ridiculous to anyone in the same way.

[@jesrielalsonado3767]

@@dillontuan121 U.S. should have nothing to do about it. It's only china and ASEAN countries problem.

[@Windows11Official]

@@dillontuan121 Just look at how greedy and evil is China for claming the sea. They are bullying the entire South East Asian

[@user-km2bz8iy5o]

@@dillontuan121 so what? what does it have to do with the reasonableness of China’s territorial claim in the south china sea?

[@dillontuan121]

@@Windows11Official It is the ordinary routine for the last thousand year of this area, so wish USA live long and prosper.

[@IxoraNera]

what happens when India blocks a Chinese ship saying India owns the Indian ocean?

[@cephalonbob15]

India did not even call the Indian Ocean, the Indian Ocean pretty sure the Indian Ocean was named by the British or something

[@philipkong9755]

@@cephalonbob15 Actually once there’s no a country called India, British unified and colonized many countries in southwest Asia and named their colonies in one--which called India.

[@philipkong9755]

That’s why Xi push the belt and road initiative

[@priyanshsahay3573]

@@philipkong9755 India has been a concept for thousands of years and has existed for hundreds

[@johnanon372]

except China never blocks a foreign ship in the South China Sea... guess who put this idea in your mind?

[@Noor.Shazreen]

i’m from malaysia. and about 2 days ago supercarrier uss nimitz just passed through the straits of malacca towards scs

[@r.282]

Keep hoping for chinas failure but if it happens usa wouldnt doubt to exterminate every single one of you.

[@shukriwafiq5220]

@@r.282 wtf

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@r.282 That makes no sense since the US engaged with East Asia peacefully since the end of the Cold War.

[@capricorn839]

Then you should sleep well at night. If that carrier is CCP then you better stay awake

[@XnonXte]

Dude seems like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore need to strengted their navy to protecting Strait of mallaca, Or maybe have a Military cooperation there, Like navy drill or something ... Because Strait of mallaca is So much important, Most important of all in fact

[@Andrew-jh5kj]

China: We are reclaiming our rightful place as owners of the South China Sea. All foreigners must pay tribute for permission of safe passage! India: Okay, we'll do the same with the Indian Ocean now. China: Surprised Pikachu face

[@John-us9rm]

Go learn the difference between ocesn and sea instead of making a fool of yourself here

[@joelGi]

@@John-us9rm its the same thing really if you can claim a sea because it has your name then India deserves the Indian ocean

[@John-us9rm]

@@joelGi nobody claim the whole ocean? Sea , yes. And also china did not claim scs because of the name .

[@Andrew-jh5kj]

So what? Indians have been sailing in the Indian Ocean for as long as China has been sailing in the South China Sea. If China gets to claim an ocean, why shouldn't India also get to claim one?

[@John-us9rm]

@@Andrew-jh5kj china did not claim scs because she sail there. Its that china was the first to discover, survey, mapped and stone marked them as terra nullius and claim right up to after ww2where japan return to china in the sino japan peace treaty.

[@whatever_12]

Me before watching the vid : can't all these countries just navigate and fish in this vast ocean Narator mention Oil and gas Me " ah never mind seems like am gonna have a world War in my lifetime after all "

[@aswiran]

nah no can't do even just fish alone can lead to international dispute, please search cod war between uk and iceland second it is indeed about territory border claim but it happen on sea kick china aside just among ASEAN country its problem already a headache

[@yoderantmic]

@@aswiran of mm

[@yoderantmic]

Maybe omkmk

[@yoderantmic]

Oomm

[@yoderantmic]

@@aswiran keep nom

[@sanojgreen8874]

Finally somebody brought this back up. 👀🗣️🛢️🌡️🚢

[@misfit7024]

Every Southeasterns shared the resources until 1 came and wanted it all by itself. Greedy.... They come and say " this is named by our country. Get lost". Southeast Asia: check what you've signed 75 years ago....

[@kevinduliesco5468]

Sad :(

[@AnnaBanana-tx9rf]

You can’t just decide you own an entire sea just because you want to have full control over all trade that goes through that region. It’s like 90% of the worlds trade that travels through that area. It needs to be freely navigated

[@AndissKevlar]

Love these geopolitical videos, excellent!

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Soccer Club

[@sbam4881]

ASEAN needs to get its act together first as its member nations have overlapping claims among themselves. They are just shelving that and trying to agree a 'unified' stance on something which is not unified. It's like trying to build on sand and it prevents others who have a strong interest in the area - but no claims themselves - like fellow ASEAN member Thailand, Australia and India from being able to back anyone fully.

[@fideljrpasion8485]

we ASEAN know how to determine what is to be set aside for the time being . . .

[@oscarchute6040]

China wants a bilateral agreement with its neighbors in the SCS. China and the Philippines have a joint venture agreement. The Philippines will take 60 percent and China will take 40 percent in any oil and gas found in SCS.

[@mellonhello2526]

The South China sea was originally named the Champ Sea, which was named after the ancient kingdom in current central Vietnam. Vietnamese already continuously administrated both of 2 these islands since 17th century and no single country except VN claimed those at that time. Both of Paracel and Spratly were belong to Indochina/Annam colony of France, so after getting independence, Vietnam had full right to take these 2 islands back obviously. And South Vietnam did that and exercised legal control over these 2 islands until China came illegally in 1974 and 1988. And I want to make it clear that Vietnam does not claim entire SCS, we only claim our 200 nautical mile EEZ + our these 2 islands which lay outside of our EEZ( but as I said EEZ can't apply for islands). Even a lot of messy problems arising until now after Chinese came and some other countries claimed based on EEZ, hope Vietnam and other countries involving can avoid conflict as much as possible More detail about San Francisco Conference : The conference was joined by 51 countries around the world. This is the piece treaty of UN attempt to return all colonies to its initial country after WW2, and as a result, this treaty formed hundred of nowadays countries in the world. In the treaty Japan had to return all colonies back to original countries, which include Paracel and Spratly islands controlled by French. Both of China and Vietnam asserted their claim on Hoàng Sa( Paracel Islands ) and Trường Sa ( Spratly Islands ) but China's claim was rejected by 45 out of 51 countries whereas Tran Van Huu, Prime Minister of Bao Dai’s government of Vietnam stated that “in order to annul the seeds of possible disputes, we claim our sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos”. No objections were raised nor any reservations made against his statement at the conference. France, in the victory side, also asserted the sovereignty of both of Paracel and Spratly Islands are belong to Annam of Vietnamese because Japan took over them from France. Hoàng Sa and Trường Sa was belong to South Vietnam from 1956 to 1974 and the entire UN, except China nor Russia, recognized and didn't oppose to them. In 1974 China illegally fought and invaded Hoàng Sa ( Paracel Islands) and fought Trường Sa (Spratly Islands) in 1988, but it could only occupy small part of Spratly Islands.

[@user-ng1dr5dk9o]

อย่าให้ชาติมหาอำนาจคอมฯทวีปเอเฃียครอบครองทะเลจีนใต้ได้เพราะภูมิภาคนี้จะไม่สงบสุข peace and liberty

[@phanngockhanhchi2971]

wait am i reading that austrailia and india being in ASEAN correctly???

[@toantrala]

Conflict in this sea is mainly between Vietnam and China. China took vietnamese islands in the 1988 short war. Every year, chinese ships (warship or coast guard ship) shoot vietnamese fishing boats.

[@khai96x]

@Fenimore Jhno which they failed, so China had to save face by claiming "victory". Your point being?

[@DungPhan-2002]

@Fenimore Jhno ridiculous, Truong Sa and Hoang Sa belong to Vietnam

[@phanngockhanhchi2971]

@Fenimore Jhno uhhh so big nations can do whatever they want? even China wont like that statement, as that would apply to the US too. I am certain that China doesnt what to do anything with the US.

[@nevarran]

"China and the South Asian nations got along fine..." China was claiming islands on the other end of the sea, "got along fine" was one way to put it :)

[@eastsouth9548]

other asean countries started it first, China just responds. China existed long before these other countries were even named, Historical rights.

[@nevarran]

@@eastsouth9548 Historical rights my ass. Rome had conquered entire Europe and North Africa at one point, you don't see the Italians going on about historical rights.

[@abuhajarstolemyrpg6795]

@@eastsouth9548 China should claim Covid-19 then

[@eastsouth9548]

@@nevarran "conquered" difference. china was there staking claim before most of these nations even got names. so "found" & not "conquered".

[@nevarran]

@@eastsouth9548 Sure, there were no humans before the Chinese, they populated the planet.

[@clemzawazarga550]

This is the best video I have seen on this topic...very clear and informative. Well done!

[@4evertrue830]

Same.

[@abhishekdev258]

China - South China sea belongs to China because it is called "South China Sea". India - wait a minute...you can do that..?

[@arminius6506]

Pakistan : mind me but where does the Indus lie?

[@abhishekdev258]

@@arminius6506 ever heard of Indus water treaty?

[@soberman1520]

Indian ocean

[@arminius6506]

@@abhishekdev258 ever heard of "Indus" (BTW what does Indus water treaty say about Indus? 😉)

[@abhishekdev258]

@@arminius6506 India ALLOWS the flow of Indus river. You smoking something?

[@dainisstranga4440]

Ladies and gentlemen! The so-called "Chinese" sea is not meant to be private, but to be shared by all the countries around it!

[@garydixon9742]

Dainis yr 100 per cent spot on

[@garydixon9742]

How the hell is america staying strong when half there people voted a tottery old man that can't do his own shoe laces up can't control his words how sad 😭 he is so disabled he would say what is that red button for and start pressing it how can half the population be so fkn stupid an old man that's ready for the old age home are they fairdinkum geez are they really do dumb fck

[@vincentnguyen3068]

@@garydixon9742 stop your rant you crazy old man go play sudoku

[@kevinc9065]

@@garydixon9742 Take your meds, for the sake of those around you that have to put up with you.

[@hectorbernal2604]

@@garydixon9742 not like trump was any better,

[@kevinbakken2540]

677 views.. I'm in.... Thanks for the update...

[@ry8246]

Everyone talks about China's 9 dash lines, but Vietnam's claim is equally ridiculous. Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia's claims are "decent" compared to those 2. Oh wait, there is still ROC, not gonna talk about that, hahah.

[@johnnyzhao7698]

Well china is elephant huge on the map among asia, SCS is just the shadow of the elephant pond drinking site.

[@alphillips5478]

You are correct! Vietnam need a kick in the ass like China and Taiwan!

[@elcomodo1]

Yeaaaaa no, China started building artificial islands and pushing their claims. This was not Obamas fault

[@Bixy15]

Indonesia never claim anything, our Natuna Islands is there when we got Independence 1945

[@alphillips5478]

@@elcomodo1 Obama was a COWARD who did nothing and let it get to this level. At least Trump tried

[@uniqueiSudoku]

The disputed area is large, but mostly countries are open to come to an agreement. When China enters: They are all mine, and start building military islands

[@user-br3lx2ln1k]

US has nothing here, but he enter the game

[@uniqueiSudoku]

@@user-br3lx2ln1k US is not claiming anything here, they have been trading through here and want to continue to do so

[@gavinlars7959]

China: "What's mine is mine, and what's yours is negotiable." Lovely Chinese diplomacy at work.

[@elnorton7113]

@@uniqueiSudoku Hope every country can sail their Aircraft Carrier near US shore as US does to others.

[@ethanwang3507]

china entered the earliest. republic of china(now mostly exists on TAIWAN) started to occupy these islands 70 years ago with a lot of help of US Navy. See the map 3:30 people's republic of China just inherited all territory from republic of china. just like French 5th republic inherited all territory from the 4th. We know now it's disputed. And most of islands are already occupied by vietnam or philippines. you can look at the map. We would like to talk but American seems only want to expand its military existence into this region from Guam and Okinawa. For china, the first island chain must be broken.

[@PatrickBatefan]

Whole SEA is going to be a battlefield once again.

[@strongbrain3128]

I approve your message: The every oceans in the world are battlefields in the eyes of US navy.

[@PatrickBatefan]

@@strongbrain3128 it's not just ocean , war is coming in SEA. Mayanmar is just the start. It will be 60s once again.

[@strongbrain3128]

@@PatrickBatefan Wait, are you sure? All I know is that Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam don't like each other historically. Now the US want all these countries to be US' allies to fight against China?

[@strongbrain3128]

@@PatrickBatefan No one has contained China in history (Do not forget China is the only surviving ancient civilization without interruption, not India, not Egypt, not Sumer). The Quad is useless: A big US hooligan with three little thugs. I view the US is the biggest threat to the safety of other countries who don't follow it.

[@strongbrain3128]

@@PatrickBatefan Well, regarding India, it was conquered by multiple foreign powers which changed India drastically, the Aryans invasion from Persian gave the caste system, Turks, then Mughal, eventually the British, nothing resembling the early Indus civilization left. It was the British who united the whole India subcontinent, not the Indian themselves. China developed its infrastructures on their own before 1980s and continues the constructions to today, and Chinese finally rise again as world power, which scares the hell of USA.

[@ajinkyabhosale9910]

All world is ours since ancient time except corona -🇨🇳 winne the pooh

[@lukatayl]

Another great quicktrake by bloomberg, balanced, educational and informative

[@rajatbaniya8534]

I am not suprised...Every major powerful country does that....

[@zszs100]

The narrative that just cuz China is stronger, their claims are void, is such broken logic. In fact, Taiwan's claims are the same as mainland China's even to this day. The 9 dash line originated from the ROC when they still controlled the Chinese mainland before the CCP took over after 1949. The USA has military bases all around China. Should and China just let USA surround them and do nothing? :) The 9 dash line is not a no enter zone. 12NM from the island is no enter zone territory and 200 nm out from each island is the exclusive economic zone.

[@johnisaacfelipe6357]

@@zszs100 Its not that China is not stronger, its because UNCLOS, in which China is a signatory of has basically indicated where china's nautical territory is supposed to be.

[@neroxr4141]

We China has been owning China south sea from Ming Dynasty

[@lay-2356]

@@neroxr4141 this is the main reason why people of today are not growing, why cant we all just leave everything from the past, share lands equally, and follow today's laws and standards?

[@nihsajgnay2623]

@@lay-2356 What if about the same thing happen to your country? Will you still say the same words? Someone asks you and your country to just leave everything from the past, share lands equally? In fact, there is no absolute right or wrong in this matter, it is just a pure conflict of interest.

[@karlolimbaro6528]

Literally Vietnam,Malaysia,Indonesia,Brunei and Philippines (ASEAN) and US,Japan,Australia,France,Germany,UK VS China

[@lesterhorton4807]

They are a group of bullies to fight against China mainland.

[@karlolimbaro6528]

@@lesterhorton4807 lol they are not bullies they just doing whats china deserves infact the bullied are china because china abuse smone country with small military!

[@lesterhorton4807]

@@karlolimbaro6528 When China is a country, the Southeastern Asia is nothing. And, you must accept that it's China which firstly claim the sovereign right to South China Sea. As the sea law accepted generally, most of South China Sea belong to China.

[@lemuellopena1157]

China is a bully, she claims islands that she didn't own and she uses her own standard like nine-dash line

[@lemuellopena1157]

@@lesterhorton4807 nine dash line is not bases to claim islands. West Philippines Sea's island is belong to the Philippines

[@nigelpar]

Never trust the broken promises of Winnie the Pooh.

[@haskee5349]

Hey man mind if you say the promise again?

[@manugamanage6096]

What promises exactly??? And you think your American country hasn’t broken any promises? Y’all have broken promises ever sense y’all began your shitty country.

[@Gongolongo]

What did they promise?

[@capricorn839]

@@Gongolongo They promised that they will not touch any islands. But THEY DID !

[@levelazn]

@@capricorn839 no they didn't

[@jennyzhen9569]

The wheel spins toward confrontation

[@Gongolongo]

Actually it has been getting better. Most ASEAN countries are starting to keel over to China.

[@kordellswoffer1520]

@@Gongolongo where is the getting better part begin. I doubt that is thar case of course.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@Gongolongo: Rubbish. No Indo-Pacific nations have "keeled over" to the CCP . The CCP is in dispute with ALL it's neighbours.

[@mr.n0ne]

Claiming an entire sea is ridiculous.

[@bard2746]

SO GREECE CAN CLAIM BUT NOT CHINA😂😂

[@mr.n0ne]

@@bard2746 with this logic Russia needs to claim entire arctic, India entire Indian Ocean, Portugal entire Atlantic Ocean, just coz they were once dominating power in the respective region.

[@bard2746]

@@mr.n0ne U DID NOT UNDERSTOOD MY POINT ITS THE HYPOCRISY THAT PREEVAILS IN WEST,GREECE IS ALREADY CLAIMING THE ENTIRE AEGEAN SEA,BUT STILL TURKEY IS WRONG🤣

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@bard2746 : Greece complies with the law, the CCP is breaking the law.

[@hughlynch9755]

thank you

[@jafetrodriguez3015]

Ah appeasement to illegal actions, I wonder what happens when you do that

[@Goatzies]

Well, if history was anything to go by, we do have two World Wars as a lesson

[@thescottishanimeguy9946]

@@Goatzies appeasement wasnt really a thing before ww1. Yea countries did negotiate but it wasnt one side trying to solely appease the other.

[@JOJO_China]

The United States refuses to join United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, but it always asks other countries to abide by the law, which is also very funny

[@aviatorsound914]

China never did too and they did the same thing. Also China is violating Taiwan waterway.

[@a_ericjuanaprasetyo5503]

China is more stupid who claim water some country in southeast asia.

[@Blastabolt]

What law? Whose law? If that's the case, why does China thinks itself above the humanitarian laws: in how it organ harvests Uyghurs, put them in camps, and just restricts people all around of their personal liberty? Nice try, but we could see the kinds of channels you follow.

[@donaldddtrump6663]

@@aviatorsound914 Taiwan is a province of China since 2000 years ago.

[@andrewmeyer8783]

@@aviatorsound914 China definitely signed it.

[@bongosock]

One of china's big problems is access to the open seas. They are largely a land-locked country, and their coastline is surrounded by other island nations. If war broke out, they could be relatively easily cut off from the rest of the world, denying them shipping and supplies.

[@wrathmachine7609]

They dont need shipping and supplies,

[@bongosock]

@@wrathmachine7609 Oh yes they do: coal and iron ore for starters--as they have found to their chagrin in their trade war with Australia

[@timlilijinsheng4070]

@@bongosock damn so the coal reserves in the north was a joke then according to your theory

[@bongosock]

@linkzable China's navy would have no chance against the combined navies of Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, US, etc.

[@beterbeter2584]

@linkzable if I had 1000 rubber ducks in the ocean and called them my ship I would have the largest navy too.

[@rickm4054]

its funny how this guy talked about Chinese history in the 1900s, he mentioned France, Japan but he did not mention the Eight-Nation Alliance that invaded Beijing and committed numerous crimes...

[@silent_sniper3304]

They dont want to show the truth about the west

[@alexanderludwigthaddeusvandarc]

so if its correct, its all start when hu jintao step down and winnie the pooh raise to be president also the party leader? correct me if i am wrong but does china before has limit term also one person could not hold 2 position that is the president and the party leader which apply after deng xiaoping?

[@choegyal100]

United States cannot claim Russia and China to be in violation of a treaty that it is not a party to. When UNCLOS was initially signed in 1982, the Reagan administration refused to accede based on disagreements regarding deep seabed mining. Despite revisions to the treaty in 1994, the Senate refused to hold hearings on the matter.

[@crappymeal]

When there are no small fish left to bicker over it will then be the big fish

[@liamwinter4512]

It leaves me wondering if the will use North Korea, like the russians used Vietnam.

[@slowgoat6089]

All part of the plan right?

[@tospipdevelopment9793]

Well said! All countries are the same, only a matter of who is the most powerful.

[@zhangmaverick]

It is on the demonize level to discuss that if China will become the dominant power in Asia because it is a Pseudo-proposition. China has made a continued policy to treat other countries in a civilized manner. Most Chinese are disinterested in the debate about a new shifting of world power or power competition in the traditional sense which applied to the context of game theory. The ignorance makes people ignored the international law and blind to see the historical evidence of China's sovereignty over the South China Sea according to the 1943 Potsdam Proclamation and Cairo Declaration. China has indisputable sovereignty over Nansha Island and adjacent waters, backed by historical and legal evidence. The construction of China's own territory is not against international law. Philippines' arbitration request is not meant to resolve disputes, but to negate China's right. The most important thing for international law is who defines the international law. and about the South China Sea, you cannot find the sovereignty from the map related to the Philippines and its history or other countries. According to its proponents, China’s claim stood relatively undisputed until the 1930s. From this time onwards, Western colonial forces and an increasingly assertive Imperial Japan recognized and sought to utilize the strategic value of the Nansha Islands (Spratlys) in particular. In 1939, Japan occupied parts of the archipelago in an attempt to control Southeast Asia and prepare for an invasion of Australia. Upon Japan’s defeat in 1945, it was stripped of the area it had occupied in the South China Sea. Although post-war ownership of the islands remains disputed, both Mainland China and Taiwan have adopted the position that rather than creating a “void,” the areas have been restored to Chinese ownership. these declarations emphasize that areas once held by Japan in the South China Sea would no longer be part of that country’s post-war sovereign territory, and that territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa, and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China.” Ownership is deemed to have been implicitly accepted by Western powers (notably the United States) in their failure to object to repeated assertions by (initially) Taiwan over South China Sea sovereignty. As part of the Chinese claim, Taiwan has maintained a presence on Taiping Island (the largest island of the Nansha Islands Archipelago) since 1946. To Beijing’s understanding the status of the islands was seemingly acknowledged as Chinese territory through U.S. requests to the Taiwanese authorities for permission to perform aerial surveys in the region between 1957 and 1961., constitutes a territory that cannot be divided on an island-to-island basis. By recasting the case as one fundamentally challenging Chinese sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, China believes the case constitutes an infringement of Chinese territorial integrity. More than just an infringement of territory, “The UNCLOS did not provide rules for the issue of territorial sea baselines for continental countries’ archipelagos; nor did it provide rules for historic rights, although it affirmed their status in international law.” China believes the court has no jurisdiction to decide on the matter. As such, it rejects the case and will not accept or participate in the arbitration. As discussed in the Chinese government’s Position Paper, two reasons for rejection stand out. First, on August 25, 2006, China deposited, as permitted under Article 298 of UNCLOS, a statement that China will not accept compulsory dispute settlement procedures (including compulsory arbitration) concerning maritime delineation. Second, China rejects the court’s authority; Upon ratification of the UNCLOS on 7 June 1996, Declaration made after ratification (25 August 2006) and Declaration under article 298:The Government of the People's Republic of China does not accept any of the procedures provided for in Section 2 of Part XV of the Convention with respect to all the categories of disputes referred to in paragraph 1 (a) (b) and (c) of Article 298 of the Convention. The United States is not the signatory on The UNCLOS so that they should not make any comment on the issues unless they put the signature on the UNCLOS.

[@quoccuongtran724]

at least china could stick to the belt and road initiative and be a chill major economic power, trading with its surrounding neighbours only the western countries would care about human right problems but no china must be a party crasher and ruin all the fun its neighbours could have had now even vietnam, another authoritarian country, couldnt tolerate china anymore

[@hrishikeshgowda9590]

I'm a basshead, and the bass at the starting of this video is no joke

[@okfun5276]

Let's wait and see.

[@a_ericjuanaprasetyo5503]

Southeast asia support U.S and Allies. China is more like japan in world war 2

[@morgenarsenal27]

Obviously you can't understand China's military power and strategy at your military understanding level

[@a_ericjuanaprasetyo5503]

@@morgenarsenal27 yeah stupid military strategy. You want whole the world become your enemy? Its fine you will get it

[@ytpremium7850]

agreed

[@liutrueman]

@@a_ericjuanaprasetyo5503The right policy for small country to protect itself is absolutely not be used by a big country to fight another big country.

[@_ndr_s]

Thank you for using normal (metric) system too in your videos👍🏼👍🏼

[@AdrianLeeMagill]

The British and American navies have already stepped up cooperation efforts. US Marines are using British carriers these days.

[@markkelly5900]

war is on the way it wont be pretty

[@AdrianLeeMagill]

@@markkelly5900 The Chinese need the west to fire the first shot and galvanize the Chinese people. Their country is coming unglued thanks to food shortages, corruption and factories leaving their people unemployed. China needs a war to make sure the people are angry at something other than the Chinese Communist Party. If we wait them out, the Chinese people themselves will likely revolt against the communists. Then we gain allies within China. If we fire the first shot, however, or at least the Chinese people believe we fire the first shot, they may turn on us. This is why the tension is high right now.

[@mikehunt69981]

China has to move first, the islands in dispute are not theirs and are therefore on the defensive end of the conflict. Taiwan and Guam are not going to attack China. China wants the islands and they know that they'll have to fight the US and our allies in order to take them. As you've said time doesn't appear to be on their side as they seem to be losing grip on things within its own borders. The Soviets fell without a war, maybe the CCP will too.

[@AdrianLeeMagill]

@@mikehunt69981 I agree. The only way we could screw this up is if we shoot first. That would likely galvanize the Chinese people behind the CCP. If, however, the Chinese attack first, that might do the opposite, especially as supply lines are cut off, leaving the Chinese people without enough food or possibly even power.

[@r.282]

Dont hope for a war, USA civil war and balkanization will happen first

[@K41198p]

peace and equality for everyone, even for those too powerful!

[@menuhin]

Why is it so hard for the US to give up its stronghold on the opposite side of the globe and at other people's front door?

[@cephalonbob15]

Cause it’s the US

[@cephalonbob15]

@@sn0wdon because if China don’t claim it, the us will and history can tell us that the USA is a MUCH bigger treat to global stability than China is

[@jeanking2654]

@@sn0wdon Because it’s China’s backyard? Why don’t you give up control of Gulf of Mexico?

[@cephalonbob15]

@@sn0wdon great you got the message,now we only need to us to stop sending warships there

[@cephalonbob15]

@@sn0wdon sending military vessels in other nation’s backyard is not really appropriate even if they are technically allowed to do so, it’s a bit like, why the US was so quick to try and invade Cuba when it was in their full right to be armed with nuclear missile that, might hit us cites when war is declared

[@anonyw2993]

3:15 You forgot Indonesia's Riau and Natuna islands are located in the area too. So Indonesia also need to defend it's sovereignty in south chinese sea.

[@estevanus]

Yah, jauhkan penjajah dari tanah air Indonesia

[@John-us9rm]

@@estevanus china did not claim natuna but its indonesia that cannot EEZ into chinas sea that was claim by china prior to unclos.

[@estevanus]

@@John-us9rm Apa maksud mu? Apa kamu tidak tahu apa saja yang china komunis lakukan di lautan Indonesia beberapa bulan terakhir dari mengirim penjaga pantainya ke wilayah laut Indonesia sampai kapal mata-matanya yang belum lama ini terjadi?

[@John-us9rm]

@@estevanus mai yu ren zhi dao ni sia sen mo.

[@estevanus]

@@John-us9rm Dasar bot china kolang kaling nintau mo ator tuh kata-kata

[@sukhritkaur208]

Yes

[@Zaree1704]

Literally Indonesia on 2018: "Sir. China claims some of our EEZ in north of Natuna Islands." "Okay then." Several moments later, Indonesian government be like: "Now, we announce that sea up north of Natuna Islands which name as we already know, South China Sea now we changing the name to be North Natuna Sea." ASEAN: *confuses pikachu face* China: *angry noises*

[@edgartorace5934]

It's not called "south CCP sea" at all... Why people are endocrine to use this self made term... By using the term it is unfair to all neighboring countries who has rights over it...

[@calimio6]

A sea with no name.

[@andrewkrause6956]

So this is the East American Sea or the South British Sea. This may be fair, because the United Kingdom still considers Hong Kong as its colonial area.

[@user-qi8zz6wn2h]

中国最大的争议就是不是美国的盟友！ 日本的不到一平米的冲之鸟礁就能定义为岛屿~因为日本是美国的盟友！既然美国不讲道理~那就武力解决呗！

[@calimio6]

@@user-qi8zz6wn2h They are not reconigzed as islands yet. And the argument is the same as with China, with the difference that japan is not building military bases or harassing local fishermen.

[@user-qi8zz6wn2h]

@@calimio6 你们永远都能说出不同种类的双重标准！但是没关系！就像沙特阿拉伯也不存在独裁一样！你们眼里没有正义，只有利益！所以来吧！跟中国打一仗，你们就知道什么是正义了！

[@HeWolf67]

Fair reporting for the first 8 min.

[@socrates5647]

lol,3'44' At the year of 1947, the people's republic of China was not exist in this world, how was it able to make a claim? This is not human error, they misled deliberately.

[@xz334]

@@socrates5647 Republic of China also claims the south china sea...should get your "fact" right

[@socrates5647]

@@xz334 In 1947 Republic of China was authorized , assisted, measured by USA to claim South China Sea. PRC just inherited this claim after kicked ROC out of mainland China in 1949. So far ROC still claims SCS constitutional but USA shout it up to keep silence. The fact is if you want blame someone, USA is the first one to be.

[@efazivbernales338]

If these issues become worst due to military presence of different countries then I believe this will the start of me digging for safety. For I know these countries will bring out the best of their respective arsenal to defeat one another, not mentioning nukes however, if this issues can't be fixed before any court available then I can say, farewell.

[@taiwanfocus4385]

5:31 Actually, China started to build man-made island on South China Sea reefs way before the US "pivot to Asia" strategy in the early 2000. According to "China: The Gathering Threat" By Constantine C. Menges, China started dredging entrance to Mischief Reef and built so-called "fisherman's hut" in 1996. China was able to build those man-made islands "grander and faster" was due to its economic power gained from trading with the west.

[@genisseoarde7078]

ASEAN: ..... China: Hey that’s mine.

[@choegyal100]

American: world belongs to USA lead western colonial countries. Rest of the World : I can’t breathe !!!

[@johnnyzhao7698]

What China had done in the SCS is defending its right of passage (to ensure freedom of navigation) for its imports and exports passing through the SCS and Indian Ocean.

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

you're missing a line No one:

[@choegyal100]

@Covert Puppy Two you mean USA oppression on Middle East Muslims countries, killing millions of innocent civilians. Absolutely right, USA Can’t make social credits by dropping thousands of bombs on civilians.

[@Windows11Official]

@@choegyal100 Africa: *exists* China: Hippity Hoppity your money is now my property

[@ohhgodwhatthefuck8430]

Spin the wheel: where will world war 3 start?

[@violoneu]

And when :/

[@anxyfromxy4386]

Probably in Taiwan they already sent fighter jets into Taiwanese air space

[@jimpad5608]

@@anxyfromxy4386 technically it is Chinese Air space.

[@christopherramos4098]

@@jimpad5608 yah Republic of China's air space

[@anxyfromxy4386]

@@jimpad5608 true I just used Taiwanese cause its what Im used to I keep forgetting that its Peoples Republic of China and Republic of China.

[@somerandomfella]

It's pretty hilarious how they try to claim territory right on Vietnam, Malaysia & Phillipines doorstep 🤦‍♂️

[@ziranlan9780]

What's more ridiculous is that some people have ignored China's strength and its history in this area. If you think that China is not so powerful, you should think about why the United States has not directly attacked China.This world is the world of the jungle!Why didn't you condemn the United States when it invaded other countries? Are they really so noble for democracy and freedom?

[@somerandomfella]

@@ziranlan9780 is this video about the South Asian Sea or the US? 🙄

[@Justin1an]

Vietnam is understandable because they are close to each other. But all the way to the Malaysia and Brunei water? That just insane.

[@somerandomfella]

@@Justin1an no. They can't claim Vietnam's entire ocean.

[@fakeyou8519]

how about another article "The Militarization of the pacific"? to see how many military bases of the U.S in pacific.

[@dietcoke6492]

Those were all purchased and nobody had pledges not to militarize the South China Sea. China pledged not to, and still did. That's why it's a big deal.

[@theasianpolyglot]

Thank you for the very professional, balanced and factual coverage of the issue! This is what media should be - factual and not tainted by partisan / nationalist flavours.

[@jokers7890]

haha this is extremely biased news

[@predator1739]

@@jokers7890 Agree, this is a serious media. The entire report only talks about the interests of the United States and never considers the interests of China, and they are the core interests. The United States has lost control of the Western Pacific, and it has the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean to control trade and continue to suck blood from the world. However, China's loss of control of the South China Sea is tantamount to a broken leg.

[@user-fd7cb6po6n]

真实？你让外星人媒体做地球才能有真实，地球住着一群坏蛋

[@heezay3678]

@@predator1739 Suck's blood from the world 🤣🤣🤣 somebody doesn't know how trade works

[@gwhipdj]

China refers to a map drawn in 1947. That was when the ROC controlled China. Does this mean the South China Sea actually belongs to Taiwan?

[@abbotthard95]

if it belongs to Taiwan, there won't be so much conflicts, they are weakness

[@skymaster4121]

Indeed 😂😂😂👍

[@liangma9601]

In Taiwan’s Constitution, the South China Sea belongs to Taiwan (the Republic of China), and Mongolia

[@padtag1742]

you don't know Taiwan claims for the similar map? it's just not on the news so much.

[@julian101383]

@@padtag1742 Taiwan claims it just because of the constitution, Taiwan doesn't really want the south china sea except an island they're currently controlling

[@herowillrose3198]

This was all American helping China for decades after decades…. China never been enough, therefore China will take down anyone interrupting China ambitions illegal expansions wartime. If the world divided, China untied Hong Kong and Taiwan and many other Asian nations, including far to Africa…. Australia did the right moved took stand solid with with America to take down illegal expansions at seas.

[@brunovalerio5689]

Yeah let’s thanks Bill Clinton, Obama and now Biden!! Hate the Dems

[@graemewilson1400]

@@brunovalerio5689 Don't forget it was the GOP that recognised China.....

[@nickmartin3647]

The "I don't want trouble" Strategy

[@MK_ULTRA420]

lol remember when Bloomberg supported China for the past 4 years?

[@arjunpadmakumar2961]

The day Biden came they changed! 😆

[@dominickdallas1752]

“War, war never changes”

[@mjolninja9358]

Fr bro

[@AllMustJump]

That quote is stupid because war does change over time.

[@nathanrodo1722]

@@AllMustJump no it don't, it never change it just the same killing everyone and bring horrors, the quote means that

[@BLUEGENE13]

@@nathanrodo1722 it could very soon be all robots....... so i think it does change....

[@nathanrodo1722]

@@BLUEGENE13 you don't get it don't ya?

[@ErikS-]

With a rising sea level, who would still put priority in those islands? I think that it will end the same as with the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Those are believed to disappear first.

[@toucancheney9091]

hell yeah, just build our own military bases and hopefully build more on other nations like what the US did.

[@rakaipikatan8922]

South "China" Sea The ASEAN : *Now hold there boy*

[@animeshnanaware8288]

With that logic Indian Ocean belongs to India

[@carlosmoroney8475]

@Donna Duns But those islands are very close to the mainlands, China is building there’s in the middle of the South China Sea. Right in the middle

[@johnnyzhao7698]

What China had done in the SCS is defending its right of passage (to ensure freedom of navigation) for its imports and exports passing through the SCS and Indian Ocean.

[@Just-One-God]

With that logic, Persian Gulf belongs to Iran.

[@djunior874]

@Donna Duns Yes but you do know India doesn't claim the entire stretch of ocean between the mainland and the andaman and nicobar islands right? China is literally claiming the entire sea for itself.

[@minjun7250]

Blame the U.N. about this, they disputed the Islands in west Phils. Sea that Clearly its inside the EEZ of the Philippines, so it means its a Philippine territory, if they give that Islands to Philippines early it will not happen like this, the U.N. must resolve about this, this is their fault and mistake, they gave a headache to Asian Nations!

[@ercipineda1357]

Some UN bodies already have 4 CCP connected leaders. The UN is already compromised.

[@mellonhello2526]

The South China sea was originally named the Champ Sea, which was named after the ancient kingdom in current central Vietnam. Vietnamese already continuously administrated both of 2 these islands since 17th century and no single country except VN claimed those at that time. Both of Paracel and Spratly were belong to Indochina/Annam colony of France, so after getting independence, Vietnam had full right to take these 2 islands back obviously. And South Vietnam did that and exercised legal control over these 2 islands until China came illegally in 1974 and 1988. And I want to make it clear that Vietnam does not claim entire SCS, we only claim our 200 nautical mile EEZ + our these 2 islands which lay outside of our EEZ( but as I said EEZ can't apply for islands). Even a lot of messy problems arising until now after Chinese came and some other countries claimed based on EEZ, hope Vietnam and other countries involving can avoid conflict as much as possible More detail about San Francisco Conference : The conference was joined by 51 countries around the world. This is the piece treaty of UN attempt to return all colonies to its initial country after WW2, and as a result, this treaty formed hundred of nowadays countries in the world. In the treaty Japan had to return all colonies back to original countries, which include Paracel and Spratly islands controlled by French. Both of China and Vietnam asserted their claim on Hoàng Sa( Paracel Islands ) and Trường Sa ( Spratly Islands ) but China's claim was rejected by 45 out of 51 countries whereas Tran Van Huu, Prime Minister of Bao Dai’s government of Vietnam stated that “in order to annul the seeds of possible disputes, we claim our sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos”. No objections were raised nor any reservations made against his statement at the conference. France, in the victory side, also asserted the sovereignty of both of Paracel and Spratly Islands are belong to Annam of Vietnamese because Japan took over them from France. Hoàng Sa and Trường Sa was belong to South Vietnam from 1956 to 1974 and the entire UN, except China nor Russia, recognized and didn't oppose to them. In 1974 China illegally fought and invaded Hoàng Sa ( Paracel Islands) and fought Trường Sa (Spratly Islands) in 1988, but it could only occupy small part of Spratly Islands.

[@tedl8178]

never knew Vietnam was called chimpanzee lol now I see why

[@vanchien5874]

​@台湾蛙🐸来对线 Why some Chinese are still obsessed too much with historical events. Qing Dynasty already collapsed. If you want to talk about the history, you should belong to Mongolian because you was a part of that. If you claim that South China Sea, why you signed UNCLOS in December 1982. Can you explain why?

[@DungPhan-2002]

@不羁之风 thật lố bịch :)))

[@jaymaniyar]

Insightful comments by the scholars all through the video.

[@bojo1]

Excellent report on historic and current situations in region.

[@rahulborntobewild]

China has no claim.

[@sophienben-achour5450]

Quite right 👍🏽

[@jordyj4126]

Lol india 😂🤮💩

[@premprasun1516]

@@jordyj4126 dude you have nothing to do here , you should rather make sure your country gets proper electricity I know what happened in Lahore

[@jordyj4126]

@@premprasun1516 lahore? Lmao 😂😂

[@rahulborntobewild]

@@jordyj4126 Yeah China a country which has disputes with every neighbour ie 17countries and can use only one logic since ancient times and selectively use Ching and Ming Dynasty maps. By that logic China should also give up land to Mongolia or the world should fall under Greek or Mongol Empire. CCP is a curse and would lead to the next WW for sure if the PLA learns to fight instead of reading CCP conscripts

[@philnightjar1971]

When I realized 2 years ago most of the gas and oil deposits are far from WPS(PH part of SCS). *sad Filipino noise*

[@GhostEmblem]

Whats PH (assuming west phillipno sea and south china sea as the other 2)

[@lancetheking7524]

@@GhostEmblem ye

[@GhostEmblem]

@@lancetheking7524 I was asking what does PH stand for in this context?

[@lancetheking7524]

@@GhostEmblem forgive me KZbin acting up, uhm, let me put it in a meme format: haha Chinese vessels go brrr

[@garciapedro7554]

As soon as he explained the active defense thing I thought of ww2 us and Japan, that’s what the us did

[@stephenjenkins7971]

What? No, the US did not do anything like that in WW2.

[@rodolfobulos3147]

@@stephenjenkins7971 You deeply do not know, before and after the defeat of Japan, what are all those history that happened w/n Japan fall to the hands of the US/ BRITISH, Japan can embrace any kind of attempt suicide as the Bushido, Kamikaze, etc cause they will not Surrender, whatever will be, will be, even Harry Truman have said, If You Do Not Accept Our Terms, You will Expect a Rain of Ruin of a Hot Rain, The like You Have Never Seen on This Earth (Aug.6, 1945 ) and exactly after that warning The Atomic Nuclear Bomb drop to Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The US tell the truth, that Emperor Hirohito surrendered Japan. In spite of this, the Japanese Soldier doesnt want to gave up, mostly commit suicide. You have also to know how many people died at every country have conquered, Mostly the way they killed citizen people is to cut your head either you are civilian or any catigory of military you are, you are not considered as a Prisoner of War. These lesson the Japanese got to the US, is now their Boss that will do everything to be side to the US/ Britain even to kiss forever the ass of its dominator

[@jocefianrama]

WEST PHILIPPINE SEA!

[@sophienben-achour5450]

West Philippine Sea Indeed, quite right

[@comradebharat4786]

@Anko Serbetli seriously finally somebody that’s intelligent, very well said..!

[@tengteng4076]

@Anko Serbetli true china is less tibet, xinjiang, inner mongolia, taiwan, Manchuria and south china Sea... almost all china's territorial claims has something to do with the Qing... Is Qing a Chinese?

[@tengteng4076]

@Anko Serbetli stop fooling yourself... China knows that south china sea was not owned by them... China just using military might to bully her ASEAN neighbors to get south china sea which is essential for China's ambition for World domination and for this makes china the bad guy

[@iwantcoconutv2877]

50 cent's army flooding this comment section

[@RodrigoLobosChile]

Great you are keeping an eye on this "hot" zone

[@brooksl445]

lol what's funny is that China has only 4 overseas military bases while the US has around 5000, but nah China is aggressive and evil haha

[@divinesoulsentertainment]

MY QUESTION IS THIS BEING HAPPENING FOR 10YEARS WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT GETS WORSE.

[@darktealglasses]

When you give your enemy enough time to grow and gain the leverage to threaten you back in the future...

[@tornadochaser7226]

Exactly. China should’ve been stopped many years ago

[@bullfrog521]

@@tornadochaser7226 The Obama Administration did nothing to stop this

[@obreycarlpinkihan4516]

I’m definitely smelling some Vox vibe on this video

[@moosemuffins2191]

Can you explain what Vox means to you, and how it has a similarity to this video.

[@moosemuffins2191]

@AH S if your explanation is correct, Oprey is getting these rather rare vibes. But it's still not enough. I need a less vague explanation.

[@Chromwel-A]

MooseMuffins they won't give you clear explanation because they have zero knowledge, lol.

[@moosemuffins2191]

@@Chromwel-A nice

[@stillakzo]

@AH S 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@drydirector9141]

Been a crazy week BUT hold onto ur GameStop shares, DON’T SELL

[@pasticcinideliziosi1259]

HOOOOOOLD

[@JyahWayDong]

they will sell them all for you, LOL

[@jefferycui3574]

@@JyahWayDong Hold and crash those rich hedge funds, once for all.

[@bigbobtong]

There is a name for this game HOT POTATO !!!!!

[@HatlessTea]

HOLD THE LINEEEE lmao

[@Fion330]

5:25 key point of entire video.

[@hcmcspitz6486]

Ancient Chinese maps I have seen posted on line call the South China Sea the "Sea of Cham", which is a kingdom that was located in the middle of current day Vietnam country. Those people had port settlements in the Philippines, Java, many Islands in this very area and even the Island of today's PRC Sanya even in the time period of the military rule of the original Vietnam (today's northern 1/3 of Vietnam) from 200BC to 1000AD. The Cham people were expert mariners and back then you need to ship your freight with a ship captain who knew the dangerous waters to avoid ship and cargo loss. China claims to be a big brother, but everything they do is only for their gain and explotation. From this I see Vietnam to have easily claim to the Islands they assert to. The best compromise is for China to stop the militarization of these artificial man made islands.

[@TSRHelios]

Well, Champa is not Viet. In fact Viet people crushed Champa people, Champa language has gone into extinction.

[@hcmcspitz6486]

@@TSRHelios one of my wife's best friend's husband is of Champa heritage. He still speaks Champa and I think teaches his children. The Champa people have been intermixed mostly now with the Vietnamese people. Large scale persecution against the Champa people in last 100 years or so was extreme so this has reduced the pure Champa people population to very few. The original point of this discussion is that today's Sea of China is really not theirs as they claim, but the islands were owned at various times by the generally closest countries to those Islands.

[@TSRHelios]

@@hcmcspitz6486 if you want to talk about history, both Vietnam and China has reasonable records, but China's case seems to be slightly stronger. If we speak about continental shelf and EEZ, they are closer to Malaysia and Philippines. To be fair, Vietnam and other claimants also building on the islands or doing land reclamation, although they are unable to do it at the pace of China. E.g. Vietnam has started military installation in 1980s. The rest of the claimants also doing the same thing at a point in the time. So basically everybody are doing it, there is no moral high ground the way I see it when accusing China is militarizing the islands.

[@TSRHelios]

@@hcmcspitz6486 the main thing why China is the focus in this vid is because it is stronger than other claimants and able to reclaim and militarize the islands quicker than the rest, and most importantly, Pivot to Asia.

[@gambit111180]

@@TSRHelios have you seen the spratly islands location and tha map of Philippines? Particularly tje province of Palawan? Look into it before you post something so unusual.

[@LONE_WOLF_GANG]

The Chinese Navy in real life sounds like how South Park would portray it in a satirical way.

[@howtofuckamockinbird]

So true hahaha

[@johnnyzhao7698]

What China had done in the SCS is defending its right of passage (to ensure freedom of navigation) for its imports and exports passing through the SCS and Indian Ocean.

[@occultbass]

lmao it seriously did at 9:03 xD

[@yqisq6966]

Actually this video is quite informative.

[@phil3038]

From what I can see is that the increase in US Military presence in south asia has caused China to set up defensive positions, maybe I am wrong but between the USA and China who do you think is the most likely to start or want a conflict!!!

[@georgiakidd7818]

Actually it is China Russia and Iran causing all the hassle.

[@TSRHelios]

@@georgiakidd7818 I think it's the country that has the most bases around the globe causing all the hassle

[@kentershackle1329]

Mate!!! Just google TAIWAN Strait incident ,ya get the picture...

[@georgiakidd7818]

@@TSRHelios China are trying to bully taiwan, India, Australia, yet you still blame it on America?

[@TSRHelios]

@Georgia Kidd Taiwan is historical problem, it was civil war. KMT lost and retreat to Taiwan until now. For India, China has released the footage. Indian army are building tents opposite the river and then cross the river first and being offensive before Chinese repel them. For Australia, Scomo thought he is Trump, but he is not leading America 😂 Back to the topic, isn't it a coincidence that the countries that you mentioned causing the problems (China, Russia and Iran) are rival of America? Is it so happen that the problematic countries are rival of Murica or it's just geopolitics and media at play here? US is not a regional country, its located far away and should have no say over the region, yet they are going for "freedom of navigation". They are not UNCLOS signatory country, yet asking for other countries to obey to UNCLOS. 😂

[@uttamdas5478]

South China sea '. name?

[@approximatelybalut3653]

CCP: Signed UNCLOS. Also CCP: Ignore UNCLOS. CCP: Militarize West Philippine Sea/East Sea. Also CCP: Do not militarize! CCP: Provoke other countries. Also CCP: Do not provoke!

[@buzzmovieclips1467]

Art of warfare sun tzo

[@atb12312]

BF4 Paracel Storm was so ahead of its time.

[@kaesarhs7959]

Lol yea

[@stargazeronesixseven]

United Nation must be Strong to defend World Peace! 🕯🌷🕊

[@Cariifica]

Yes, defend the white people's World Peace form all other races! All hail America!

[@ShinnGan]

@@Cariifica It's not about the white people, it's about the peace of ASEAN countries. How can China justify stretching their economic zone all the way to the Phillipines and Malaysia, bypassing Vietnam and Thailand altogether? Isn't that way beyond the 200 nautical miles stipulated by the UNCLOS?

[@chinhhangthietbiciscojunip3757]

UN is a fricking joke

[@dudedokduk3697]

8:02 did I see capitolhill building in the middle of south china see 🤔

[@joshuablack3484]

This will lead to a South China Sea version of NATO. US and it’s Pacific allies such as Japan and Australia should help in integrating ASEAN’s military capabilities.

[@John-us9rm]

Asean countries does not want a war with china. Instead peaceful coexsistence with COC to be establish to avoid war. Go fight china alone with your bloody 5 eyes that had colonislise and harmed cointries all over the world. The day will come you will be punish for all your sins. Asean cointries will not alliance with Demon.

[@a_ericjuanaprasetyo5503]

@@John-us9rm lol U.S and Allies are demon? You wrong, The real demon is China.

[@John-us9rm]

@@a_ericjuanaprasetyo5503 just philipine alone, spain , japan and usa killed millions of philipinos. Usa alone kill more than one million. They took philipines too. I can list many more what usa and allies had done to qualify them as demon.

[@crazyhandshands9028]

First of all who controls the sky America who controls the sea America who have 800 bases America so do the math.

[@nathan-ck3je]

800 bases thats out of range

[@kentershackle1329]

Nahh, china just pick the right spot to BLOCK all.. tiny weeny sand bank with AhSM 1000km radius.

[@HH-he4pw]

It's South East Asia sea, not south china sea. The territories of vietnam, indonesia, thailand, philippines, cambodia, malaysia and brunei

[@user-um1qs6ui9u]

抱歉这是中国南海

[@HH-he4pw]

@Fenimore Jhno So china is the territory of japan and mongolia based on your "history" claim?

[@HH-he4pw]

@Fenimore Jhno They did occupy huge part of the territories that china now claims as their own

[@HH-he4pw]

@楼鸢 These south east asian countries also has become independent countries which have their own water territories. And those are what china tries to claim

[@maalat]

It’s also Japan, , India, Australia, who feel the same way as the US..

[@Peter-649]

Don't speak on my or my country's behalf, who do you think you are?

[@axem.8338]

Winnie the pooh wants everything

[@Fabian-cv9yl]

The future belongs to China, make no mistake

[@kenvischi1047]

@@Fabian-cv9yl No, luckily not every American and European is as weak minded as you, we will never tolerate a regime.

[@Windows11Official]

@@Fabian-cv9yl Yeah we will become slavery, the end

[@Fabian-cv9yl]

@@kenvischi1047 you are simply deluding yourself

[@kenvischi1047]

@@Fabian-cv9yl you have probably no clue what a marvellous machine the american army is, China would stand no chanche, they don't even know how to do a modern war plus all their neighbors won't support them at all given how they behave.

[@Romulan112]

All of this is ok, but the real news is, what did Kim Kardashian wear today?

[@zukarin8592]

😂😂😂 That's how USA is doing while China is building military base to the ocean

[@not_noah69]

Who cares

[@summerghost6551]

issa joke

[@nostalgiacorner1999]

😂😂😂

[@hapssionhapssion1664]

C - Conquer H - Heavily I - International N - Navigation A - Area

[@darkcrox]

"...it's tried to do the same thing with Malaysia but with less success..." how?

[@myd_4260]

china tried a few times to sail its navies in Malaysia's territorial water (close to important offshore oil rig) but TLDM (Malaysia's Royal Navy) interfered

[@farozara5194]

“Man must bring forth fruit. One who yieldeth no fruit is, in the words of the Spirit, like unto a fruitless tree, and a fruitless tree is fit but for the fire.” (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 60)

[@orbitalpotato9940]

What they don't show is that America has like 7 military bases surrounding China.

[@orbitalpotato9940]

@sneksnekitsasnek That's like saying what if we didn't point nuclear missiles at Russia first.

[@richhagenchicago]

There is a slight difference between leasing a base and invading and stealing the territory to build one on.

[@Reflectingparadigm]

@sneksnekitsasnek damn id agree. If US didnt china would bullshit so much itd probably claim surrounding countries as part of china just because theyre so FULL of themselves borderline Disgastin.

[@pyrat3538]

@@richhagenchicago guam wasnt stolen lmao

[@beibei2261]

@@richhagenchicago the bases in japan and korea were basically invaded and stolen as well, like literally not a single local appreciate the presence of the american military

[@michaellee3209]

A territory that belongs to which state is not determined by the distance to its mainland, like Hawaii to the US.

[@jensensean7118]

In the view of the Chinese, all countries around thge southe china sea were foreign colonies occupied by USA, JAPAN, France, UK therefore not sovereign nations inthe 1st place, and they never laid claim to these islands before the 1970s. While China always claimed them and occupies some of them. China's loop of claim was earlier than UNCLOS. So it is vietnam and Philippines trying to seize Chinese islands from Chinese perspective. US has got nothing to do with SCS. USA is vicious trouble maker.