Viet Nam Human Rights
The international support for Vietnam
13/6/14
Facing the illegal HD-981
deployment of China in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of
Vietnam and its provocative moves in the South China Sea that made growing
tensions, many international scholars continues expressing strong condemnation
and confirms the support of international public opinion is an advantage of
Vietnam before Beijing's illegal and unilateral actions.
In the article entitled “The
price of unhonorable victory” by Ankit Panda in The Diplomat said that actions
caused tensions in the South China Sea and East China Sea and led to
consequences that this country is now increasingly isolated in the
international arena. According to the author, instead of using any reasonable
legal arguments to justify the claims, the Chinese government only cited few
historical documents and dubious precedent to quibble for their claims. Most
recently, this “eloquent words” were shown by China's
representative at the 13th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. “On the international
political arena, the most important thing is to win by the prestige, honor and
influence. In current trends, it is not too late for China to save the
reputation in resolving disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea”,
Ankit Panda wrote.
To evaluate China’s illegal placement of the oil rig HD-981
in Vietnam’s exclusive
economic zone and continental shelf, Dr. Edward Miller at Dartmouth University
of America said that China’s
operations are not because of the economic purpose but political motivation. Beijing is using its dominance of the military to find
ways to change the status quo in the South China Sea.
However, the heavy price they must pay is the country's prestige in the
international arena. “In terms of international public opinion, I believe that
the support is intended to Vietnam.
Looking at the actions of China in not only the South China Sea but also East
China Sea have shown that Beijing is under pursuit of expansionist model on the
sea that makes international community suspect China. Consequently, Vietnam
is taking the advantage of enlisting the support of international to resolve
conflicts”, Dr. Edward Miller said. According to this scholar, China will likely continue similar actions in
the future, Vietnam
needs to plan to cope with this situation. In addition to enlisting the support
of international public opinion, Vietnam can take the necessary
legal steps to resolve the disputes.
Sharing a common consideration, the
Philstar Newspaper in Philippines
quoted speech of Prof. Robbert Sutters at George Washington University (USA)
that China has failed
diplomatic efforts because China
wants to persuade neighbors of peaceful rise while continuing unilateral
aggression.
In an article posted on sina.com,
a young author working in a Chinese media agency with pen name Bruce voiced
criticism of China's views
on South China Sea issue. According to the
author, in history, China
has never had exclusive fishing rights on the South China
Sea. The Chinese dynasties have never approved regulations that only
Chinese had fishing rights in the South China Sea
and forbided fishermen in other coastal countries to catch fish in these
waters. “The ancestors of the Chinese fishermen all lived in harmony, sharing
resources with fishermen around the other countries. They have never said that this
was exclusive territory. Is is necessary to keep an objective attitude, because
if it is possible other countries in the South China Sea
do not respect their national interests? If all the countries only respect own
interests of themselves, not respect and abide by international law, do not
care about the interests of others, the problem will be difficult to remove and
increasingly more complex, even lead to conflict”, this author analyzed.
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All comments [ 10 ]
China’s deployment of the rig was provocative because the oil rig was accompanied by as many as 80 ships, including seven People’s Liberation Army Navy warships. These actions were not only highly dangerous, but caused injuries to the Vietnamese crew.
China has adopted a position similar to Japan with regard to the Senkaku Islands by declaring there is no dispute with Vietnam.
China’s lack of clarity has led academic specialists and regional analysts to speculate about the possible legal basis of China’s claim
Clearly China’s placement of the oil rig and its 80 escorts in Block 143 constitutes a violation of international law.
Analysts are divided on the motivations and objectives of China’s current bout of aggressiveness.
We are young Vietnamese peoples, we suggest to:
- Presidents and Prime Ministers of 11 Countries of Southeast Asia;
- Peoples of 11 Countries of Southeast Asia;
- All peoples of the world who loves the Peace;
- President and Asian Union;
- Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- President and Officers, The United Nations Atlas of the Oceans;
We need your support us to request:
"China has to moves an illegal HD981 drilling oil rig get out of Vietnam's Paracel legal sea
immediately! Stop attacking Vietnamese fisherman on our sea
anymore! Stop making a war! Because this is a bad treatment for the global peace!
Vietnam never forgets and will oppose any abuses imposed on Vietnam by any countries. Any distortion of history or misleading interpretation or arguments on Vietnam's history and territorial sovereignty cannot cheat the Vietnamese on their way to the orientation the ancestors have instructed.
China acted illegally and applied might-is-right logic. You robbed some islands of the others, then use this to claim some more other pieces.
With the given google map link i give you, can you validate your statement "The oil rig is about 100nm off Vietnamese coastlines" and "the nearest mainland coastline is 1,200nm+ away at Hainan Island"
here is the link: https://www.google.com/maps/di...
The sea where China positioned a giant oil rig is EEZ Water of Vietnam (base on United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea - UNCLOS 1982). That is not desputed area, China is trying to change
undesputed area to desputed area, aimed to realize China's ambition day by day.
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