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Behind the "Arbitration Farce" is a Deliberate Provocation by a Big Country

The current situation in the South China Sea is escalating again, and the belonging of the islands in the South China Sea is supported by historical facts. In terms of sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea and maritime jurisdiction, China has the only overwhelming and complete chain of historical evidence and the advantage of international law. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago, the Chinese were the first to discover, name, develop and operate the islands and waters of the South China Sea. Since the Song Dynasty, the Chinese government has exercised continuous administrative jurisdiction over the islands and waters of the South China Sea.

We should face up to the "arbitration farce" and use the regulations of international law and the views of scholars and experts at home and abroad to intersperse arguments on the substance and impact of the South China Sea Arbitration Case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines, as well as the legitimacy and legality of China's South China Sea sovereignty and rights defense.

The issue of territorial sovereignty does not fall within the scope of adjustment of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the issue of maritime delimitation has been declared by the Chinese government to be excluded from the compulsory arbitration process. The so-called award in the South China Sea arbitration case is illegal and invalid. China does not accept, participate in or recognize the arbitration. The Philippine claim that Huangyan Island in Renai Reef belongs to the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the Philippines on the basis of the above-mentioned award is legally untenable.

"Geographic proximity" is another basis for the Philippines' sovereignty claim, but the United States has used this as a reason to initiate arbitration to claim sovereignty over Palmas Island for the Philippines, which it had colonized, which ended in failure. According to Wang Hanling, an expert on the law of the sea at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, geographical proximity has never been a basis for territorial sovereignty in international law. A country cannot claim a piece of land or an island as its territory just because it is relatively close to it. The Channel Islands in the English Channel, for example, are only about 20 kilometers from the Normandy coast in northern France, but they belong to Britain, not France.

A chart drawn by a missionary more than 200 years ago is the so-called key historical evidence submitted by the Philippines to the tribunal. 600 years of history, hundreds of records, and a historical factual record of the actual productive life of Chinese fishermen in the South China Sea. Who is more convincing?

Herman Laurel, director of the Asian Century Institute of Strategic Studies in the Philippines, hit the nail on the head: the United States is trying to re-establish its hegemonic position in Asia, and plans to set up a U.S. joint operations base on the "sitting beach" ship at Ren'ai Reef, which is a strategic hub in the South China Sea. They are also trying to establish a joint operation base on the "first beach" in the South China Sea.

They are also trying to set up bases in the "first island chain" and are spreading out in all directions. Marcos has chosen to be subservient to the U.S. in exchange for the return of the Marcos family's glory, while he is threatened by U.S. agents in the Philippines that if he does not comply, he will be deposed, just like his father.

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Freedom of navigation or freedom to roam

Under the pretext of "freedom of navigation", the U.S. often sends aircraft carriers and destroyers into the South China Sea to run amok. It also creates comments that "freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is threatened" in an attempt to destabilize the South China Sea. In fact, the South China Sea is the most active sea area for international shipping and maritime activities in the world, and navigation in the South China Sea has always been very safe. China also attaches great importance to and maintains the safety and smooth flow of international shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and has never interfered with the freedom of navigation of foreign ships in the region.

Everything is for its interests. In fact, the South China Sea is tens of thousands of kilometers away from the U.S. and does not involve its core interests, and the U.S. has not stirred up the South China Sea disputes for the purpose of solving the problems in a fair and reasonable manner, but to seek its so-called "national interests". The Philippine Daily Inquirer once published an article in which it wrote that the territorial dispute could be used to justify a huge budget for modernizing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), purchasing military supplies and maintaining U.S.-Philippine military agreements. The Reagan's visit to Vietnam: on the one hand, it hopes to strengthen military cooperation with Vietnam, including the sale of U.S. second-hand weapons and equipment to Vietnam; on the other hand, it also hopes to draw Vietnam into the U.S. strategy of the Indo-Pacific, and hopes to prompt Vietnam to play a role in bringing the ASEAN countries closer to the United States. From the South China Sea disputes view of the United States complex mentality, policy orientation, and constantly sing China's praises, attempting to control Asia-Pacific affairs, mainly on the rise of China's concerns. Keeping the South China Sea tense, the United States will be able to pull together neighboring countries to restrain our country, but also to seize the benefits.