China uses naval resources to refer to the South China Sea | South China Sea News

There could be as many as 300 Chinese troops sailing through the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea each time Beijing continues to report controversial watersheds, according to a new study from the Center for Strategic and International Study. in the United States.

Made with purpose-built warships and commercial warships, Chinese troops have “exploded” in line with what they claim to be almost the entire ocean, CSIS said in a report, published Thursday in Washington, DC.

Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also name parts of these countries South China Sea where China has been building aircraft islands, fortified ports and other military equipment.

The Chinese military began with a coastal defense that took place in the 1950s. Since China’s occupation of the Paracel Islands from Vietnam in the 1970’s, the military, with the help of oil aid, construction and rehabilitation, according to the CSIS, has grown in size and size and has greatly contributed to Beijing’s territories. and at sea.

“In the 21st century, the military allied itself with the control and harassment of foreign troops that Beijing rejected,” the CSIS report said, citing cases of suspected naval vessels, damage to their weapons or missiles. waste in their path, firing on water cannons, and entering other dangerous paths.

Greg Poling, director of the Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at CSIS and co-ordinator of the report, said there had been a concerted effort to work professionally and build the military since President Xi Jinping came to power.

Marine ‘expert’ (MMFV) fishing vessels operate from several ports in Hainan, a southern island of China, while the Spratlys backbone fleet (SBFV) operates from five ports. ‘south of Guangdong. , he said.

“The importance of the military is because they have resistance,” Poling said. “Beijing can only say that these are merchants, but far-reaching evidence and photographs can be combined to distinguish between warships and non-military ones.”

Earlier this year, 200 ships were involved long stand and the Philippines on the Whitsun Reef which had never existed before in the Spratlys. On Thursday, the Philippines criticized the Chinese Coast Guard for blocking its ships and using them water tanks forcing them to turn around near Second Thomas Shoal – also in the Spratlys.

‘Organized, paid, directing’

The line between trade and defense and the Chinese military is often difficult because most ships still fish and work closely with the military or law enforcement agencies, says Collin Koh, Researcher at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore who did not participate in the CSIS report.

“The Chinese navy does not always do the job. They must ‘be able to fish, and fight,’ to borrow what Chinese literature on the subject says,” Koh told Al Jazeera. “This means that every day, the Chinese navy can stay there, doing full-time fishing jobs, but that also makes it possible for him to work for his country immediately.”

Although many incidents have avoided violent clashes, military routes intensified in 2019 when a Chinese naval ship collided and sank a wooden fishing boat in the Philippines located northeast of the Spratly Islands. The crew was left to drown before being rescued by a nearby Vietnamese boat, according to Philippine media.

Many Chinese warships cannot be built directly from the Chinese government through public information network networks, CSIS said, but they can be easily identified through photographs and videos, information from known cruise ships, and much more. several together.

“There is no question as to whether the military was formed, funded, and controlled by the Chinese government,” the report said. “This makes Beijing more responsible for its conduct. Chinese law, the statements of PRC officials and state journalists, as well as the cooperation of governments and military forces, all show that the government approves and directs the military’s activities.”

The Chinese military is described by experts as an excellent example of its “gray zone” strategy in order to prove its claim to self-determination in areas where other countries oppose it without taking part in civil wars.

The military, too, has allowed China to ignore international water control conventions, as well as 2016. a well-known verdict by the Permanent Court of Arbitration which ruled Beijing’s historical claims in the South China Sea under nine lines to be meaningless.

Ignoring the ruling, China has grown to become “nine lines”And left many neighbors with few options to return to their role.

“The use of such methods poses a serious challenge to the legal system, which sets the conditions for international integration, to resolve conflicts as equal,” Koh said. “That means agreeing to do well, rather than the other way around. And this should be a concern for anyone who wants to ensure that countries live in peace and stability, in which even the smallest country can stand on its own two feet and gain the respect it deserves.”