| tiffac said: No they don't. That's the claim of the 9 dash line which is being shredded in the arbitration that China does not want to participate because they know its against international law by the UN which they are a part of. If we accept what China is saying then the United Nation is meaningless. Blow the islands up? That would lead to world war 3. Not to mention, the only nation that could do that would be the US which ain't doing anything. Those are military bases, that has airstrips and probably sub pens. Those ain't small islands and the Islands have already been built and are operational. |
Yes, they do! Ever since 1947 they've claimed the original islands. What international laws were there at the time against annexing technically rogue territories ?
They own the original land fair and square as per their methods but unfortunately the UNCLOS agreement does not apply in this case ...
In a hypothetical scenario what exactly are you supposed to do when two sovereign island states are within less than 200 nautical miles of each other ?
As for the artificial islands, what exactly does China's neighbors have to be afraid of when it is technically under their jurisdiction as to do so ?
