Major General Luo in view

Major General Luo in view, the strategic interests of the sovereignty dispute over the South China Sea also contributed to another important reason.

Luo said: "These are mainly driven by economic interests. There are also strategic considerations, as the South China Sea region is to connect the Indian Ocean and Pacific choke points, particularly in the Malacca Strait, South China Sea to China's development and national development are very important strategic channel to control the South China Sea this important geo-strategic location, has launched a national competition. "

For escalating the South China Sea dispute, China has always advocated the consultation and negotiation to solve the problem. The 1980s, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping established the South China Sea "shelving disputes and seeking common development" principle. In 2002, China and ASEAN countries signed the first political document on the South China Sea - "Declaration on Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea."

June 3, tenth in Singapore to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue security secretary of defense in more talks, both sides agreed that China and Vietnam on the issue of differences in the South China Sea, through friendly consultations between the two countries should work together to solve.

However, the situation within 10 days after the mutation. June 13, live-fire exercise was held in Vietnam in the South China Sea. The Philippines in the South China Sea stirred activities gradually heating up. Philippine Army spokesman, said the Navy had removed the South China Sea reef beach three "foreign" signs, also plans to later this month and the U.S. held joint military exercises in the area. Luo said that the relevant countries have repeatedly violated "the South China Sea Declaration on the Conduct of States", but in the South China Sea issue, the countries do not swagger, "brute force" will not have good results.

Luo said: "The Chinese government has always advocated peaceful negotiations to resolve disputes, we stand ready to work with the State under international law and the law of the sea, like through consultations and negotiations to resolve the dispute, but our idea is from the South China Sea area countries themselves, but also through bilateral solution, not multilateral to bilateral issues, not to internationalize the issue area. "

Luo said: "This 53 reefs from the historica

Luo said: "This 53 reefs from the historical point of view are China, the ownership of the reefs are clearly defined in international law, there are four elements, the first is, who first discovered, who first named the second , who is the first third of its administrative jurisdiction, the fourth is whether the international community to be recognized, while four areas in which China has sufficient historical and legal basis for the international community on China's sovereignty and jurisdiction over the South China Sea is not dissenting. especially now that the dispute is the largest in Vietnam, Vietnam in 1960 and 1972 published the "World map" plan regarded the South China Sea within the Chinese territory. prior to 1975, the Vietnamese are explicitly recognized China's Nansha Islands territorial sovereignty of the Philippines and Malaysia (the last century), 70 years ago and no legal documents and leaders of the speech refers to its own territory, including the Nansha Islands in this issue, from the continuation of history, China no matter from history and legal basis has sufficient evidence to prove that the South China Sea, China's Nansha Islands. "

The undisputed why the formation of China's territorial sovereignty dispute complicated situation? All due to the economic interests driving. South China Sea not only has an extraordinarily rich fishery resources, deep-sea flora and fauna, more importantly, the South China Sea bears a stunning undersea oil and gas resources. The mid-1970s, the United Nations Energy Development Department, the preliminary estimate of the South China Sea oil reserves at 230 billion -300 billion tons, is the world's four major offshore oil and gas gathering, known as the "second Persian Gulf." In recent years, Vietnam, the Philippines and other countries have a lot of exploitation of the South China Sea oil and gas resources. To Vietnam, for example, mining 30 million tons annually from the Nansha oil and gas, of which 800 tons is to grab from the disputed area.

Recently, the South China Sea (the "South Sea")

Recently, the South China Sea (the "South Sea"), the increasingly tense situation in Vietnam, the Philippines and other countries continue to challenge China's bottom line: Vietnam in the South China Sea associated live-fire exercises at sea, United States and Vietnam, the United States in the waters of the Philippines will soon hold joint military exercises. The recent South China Sea, "waves," the Chinese Society of Military Science, Major General, Deputy Secretary-General Luo Yuan, told reporters in an interview that, in terms of historical evolution or legal basis, China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea, countries do not swagger, relying on "the United States "self-respect, but should solve the problem through bilateral dialogue.

South China Sea with more than three million square kilometers of the vast sea, during which it is dotted with thousands of islands, reefs, beaches, sand, etc. China's South China Sea has about 210 million square kilometers of maritime jurisdiction, including the 53 islands and reefs. Since ancient times, the South China Sea is China's territorial waters. Luo analysis, before the 1970s, the undisputed sovereignty over the South China Sea, the Vietnamese in 1960, published in 1972, "World Map" as evidence. But China's current interest in the South China Sea has become the biggest victim of the 53 islands and reefs in only nine. Regardless of the History or legal basis, there is ample evidence that the 53 islands and reefs part of China since ancient times.