OCCUPATION AND ISLAND BUILDING
Five claimants occupy nearly 70 disputed reefs and islets spread across the South China Sea. They have built more than 90 outposts on these contested features, many of which have seen expansion in recent years. AMTI has gathered satellite imagery of each outpost, along with other relevant information, to document their current status and any changes they have undergone in recent years. Explore the database below.
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VN Youtuber – 24 thg 7, 2019
Tuần này, truyền thông loan tin rằng Campuchia có thể đã bí mật ký thỏa thuận cho phép Trung Quốc sử dụng căn cứ hải quân Ream, đồng thời một dự án quy mô khác ở Dara Sakor cũng bị nghi ngờ là nhằm phục vụ mục đích quân sự.
It’s a mission that has existed in the shadows, seizing control little-by-little – and now China’s ultimate plan is almost complete.
The battle for the South China Sea is heating up. Vietnam. Malaysia. The Philippines. All have drawn lines in the sandbars against China. But it may already be too late.
This past year, Vietnam stood its ground over the right to deploy an oil rig within its UN-mandated waters. Malaysia complained publicly of interference by the Chinese coastguard. The Philippines moved to secure its Scarborough Shoal islands. And, all the while, new nations have been joining the Freedom of Navigation pushback over Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea.
VN Youtuber – 8-12-2019
Thủ đô giống như quả tim của con người, có vai trò rất quan trọng với an ninh quốc gia.
December 13, 2019 | AMTI BriefUpdate: China Risks Flare-up over Malaysian, Vietnamese Gas Resources
The Chinese survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 8 along with its coast guard and paramilitary escorts left Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone on October 23, ending a standoff with Vietnamese ships that began more than four months earlier. The de-escalation seems to have been in response to the departure a day earlier of the drilling rig Hakuryu 5 from Vietnam’s oil and gas Block 06-01, which is operated by Russia’s Rosneft.
Les Etats-Unis fourniront un navire au Vietnam pour “renforcer sa présence” en mer de Chine méridionale
Soumis par Cap Vietnam.
Les États-Unis fourniront au Vietnam un autre navire pour renforcer sa capacité de patrouiller dans ses eaux territoriales, a annoncé mercredi le secrétaire d’Etat américain à la Défense, Mark Esper, en visite de travail dans le pays de l’Asie du Sud-Est.
Cette déclaration d’Esper intervient dans un contexte marqué par des tensions grandissantes entre Hanoï et Pékin sur fond de leur différend territorial en mer de l’Est (mer de Chine méridionale).
Al Jareeza, Nov. 22, 2019
China confirms it tracked US ships and urges United States to stop its ‘provocative actions’ in the disputed waters.
![The USS Gabrielle Giffords, a Naval littoral combat ship, travelled close to China-claimed Mischief Reef in the disputed South China Sea in recent days [File: Brynn Anderson/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/11/22/9e3d051c9fa949f5b16a068cc9cc76a1_18.jpg "US warships sail in disputed South China Sea amid tensions")
Navy warships have sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea twice in the past few days, the United States military told Reuters on Thursday, at a time of tension between the world’s two-largest economies.
The threat of China should bring two former enemies into a tight security relationship.
By James Stavridis
Vietnam is a country bursting with youthful energy. The nearly 100 million Vietnamese have an average age of just 31, and despite living under single-party communist rule, they have a thriving capitalist economy that may hit 10% growth this year. And, of great importance to the U.S. and its allies, Vietnam is strategically positioned along the western side of the South China Sea, and has a series of maritime disputes with its neighbors, especially China.
TĐH: Mình thấy bản tin RFA nói về việc phản đối chính quyền VN làm phiền những người mang áo thun No-U chống đường lưỡi bò của Trung quốc. Mình nghĩ là chẳng tự nhiên mà nhà nước làm phiền những người mang áo đó, phải có việc gì đằng sau mà quý vị biết vấn đề chẳng chịu nói ra, nên mình tìm thêm thông tin trên mạng. Thấy có bài “Khôi hài ‘thư ngỏ’ về áo No-U’” có đưa ra vài lập luận thấy có lý. Dù không biết rõ mọi chi tiết về vấn đề này, mình nghĩ cũng nên đăng thông tin hai chiều để sự việc nghe co lý hơn một chút cho độc giả.
Vietnam Activists Urge Government to Back Off Over China Protest T-Shirt
Nov 16, 2019, 07:35pm Forbes
That’s the message Hanoi sent recently to Beijing, taking the lead once again, among its neighbors, in the fight to contain China’s South China Sea ambitions.
Thứ Tư, 13/11/2019 16:38 PM GMT+7
(VTC News) – Phát biểu của ông Cảnh Sảng vu cáo Việt Nam “chiếm đảo” là sự leo thang mới trong những bịa đặt, vu cáo trắng trợn của Trung Quốc liên quan Biển Đông.
Người phát ngôn Bộ Ngoại giao Trung Quốc Cảnh Sảng. (Ảnh: Kyodo)
tuoitrenews – Friday, October 25, 2019, 10:28 GMT+7
The Chinese geological survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 8.
A Chinese oil survey vessel that had been operating illegally in Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Continental Shelf for more than three months made its exit from Vietnam’s waters on Thursday, Reuters reported.
The Chinese vessel, the Haiyang Dizhi 8, was tracked speeding away from Vietnam’s EEZ towards China on Thursday under the escort of at least two Chinese ships, Reuters reported, citing data from Marine Traffic, a website that tracks vessels.
