Are we entering or have already entered a new cold war?

[tiffac]

fatslob-:O said:

tiffac said:

Sorry my edit came in a bit late. I wanted to clarify something hehehe

You are talking about the Parcel and Spratlys right? Unless you agree with China that they own the entire South China Sea which is what the 9 dash line is claiming...

Also, you can't just say China owns the territorial waters of other countries because UNCLOS was not present then, that's illogical. Our ancestors has been fishing and living in those areas far longer than the Chinese and you cannot say that UNCLOS means nothing either when China themselves agreed to it.

Its simple, if China's claim is valid. They why would they continuesly avoid the arbitration?

Actually, this discussions is good and we are actually on point. This is the type of scenario that leads countries into a war. cold or otherwise.

So its cool!

Hmm, I may agree that China has ownership of those tiny islands but as for the sea, China and it's neighbors should come to a settlement, not use UNCLOS to assert that they own these overlapping waters for themselves ...

UNCLOS only took affect AFTER 1994 November 16 and I'm pretty sure the vietnamese had a longer recorded history with the South China Sea than the philippines did ... 

They avoid arbitration because we all know that the international courts might relinquish China's claim on these islands so their only trying to protect their spoils from WWII ... 

Thanks for the clarification bro, I knew there was a misunderstanding going on with our conversation. xD

I for one actually don't really care about Parcel and Spratlys, I think Asian nations should actually work together to preserve that environment while doing joint research on how to gather its resources without destroying it.