South Chain Sea Case Study

What factors caused the dispute of South Chain Sea? Human beings’ passion towards oceans derives from not only the curiosity caused by limited cognitive capabilities and inadequate experiences but also the huge economic interests. According to him.Coastal waters around the world are experiencing increasing demand for their diverse human benefits, or ecosystem services. Actually in face of ever-decreasing land resources, for example, oil, nature gas, fuel oil, oceans came into people’s sights considered as considerably alternatives to access broader space and more natural resources. From the perspective of geopolitics, the strategy of developing oceans plays the significant role in economical, political,as well as diplomatic terms focusing
According to Storey, territorial disputes in the South China Sea became less contentious in the early 2000s. Based on the fact that China South Sea was under the control of China Empire in the past for a long time, the situation of peace as it was can be attributed to two main reasons. Firstly, the hegemony of China Empire in term of economy, politics and culture in Asia even the Eurasia existed as long as thousands of year. The identity of Vietnam as a tributary state of Chinese Empire did not vanish until 1855, making influences on both Vietnam and China: China owed the absolute predominance on the reversionary title of China South Sea while Vietnam was playing its role as the Empires’ dependency. Secondly, oceans were not paid attention as strongly as today. Therefore the regional relations were not in tension in Asia. However, the whole stories were rewritten after abundant natural resources were explored in South China Sea. In the 1950s, the "East Asian and Southeast Asian Coastal and Offshore Geoscience Program Committee (CCOP)" in the waters of the Spratlys found rich reserves of oil and gas resources. In 1968, the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia Far East, which was also the "Asian Waters Offshore Islands of Mineral Resources Exploration Joint Coordination Committee"
Considering the comprehensive national strength(economic production, the size of military, technology, etc.), it can be concluded that Vietnam, Philippines are not likely to become peer competitors, in other words, opponents to China on China South Sea. Though it seems like China is taking on most of Asia when it comes to its territorial claims, China’s military prowess in the region outnumbers most of its neighbors by a long shot( Florcruz). The relations between them are analyzed step by step as follows. On the one hand, the Chinese government does not admit South China Sea being in question but it does welcome Vietnam, Philippines to solve misunderstandings by bilateral dialog and negotiation. The Chinese government strongly holds the opinion that the dispute of South China Sea were ridiculous because the largest portion of territory( including all islands that Vietnam, Philippines claim as well), defined by the "nine-dash line indisputably belongs to China. On the other hand, Vietnam says it has actively ruled over both the Paracels and the Spratlys; both Philippines and China claim to the Scarborough Shoal(Q&A: South China Sea dispute). Why do they claim overlapping territory simultaneously? Because they rely on different sources and evidence to make their claims reasonable or