As there are a lot of maritime military maneuvers going on in east asian water these days, with all East and South East Asian nations, the USA and Russia involved, and China until today having 16 unresolved territorial disputes over islands and ressources in the west pacific with virtual every neighbouring country, I present you two interesting links to this topic, one in german, one in english, for further reading:
aus der Zeit: "Maritimer Machtkampf in Ostasien" (german newspaper article, 2 pages)
and from the "International Crisis Group": "Stirring up the South China Sea" (english report, 50+ pages)
And as a teaser, China`s view of itself - as seen by everybody opening and using the "Google maps" of China, "baidu": Notice how far the dotted frontier line goes south `till close to the border of the Phillipines, Vietnam and Malaysia. And Taiwan, as goes without saying, naturally is shown as part of Chinese territory....
aus der Zeit: "Maritimer Machtkampf in Ostasien" (german newspaper article, 2 pages)
and from the "International Crisis Group": "Stirring up the South China Sea" (english report, 50+ pages)
And as a teaser, China`s view of itself - as seen by everybody opening and using the "Google maps" of China, "baidu": Notice how far the dotted frontier line goes south `till close to the border of the Phillipines, Vietnam and Malaysia. And Taiwan, as goes without saying, naturally is shown as part of Chinese territory....
(click on pictures to enlarge them)
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