China tries to annex territory
 

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...na-sea_466.gif

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8047206.stm

wow that's pr-e-tty far from the shoreline there, China....

It makes more sense if the disputed islands are ceded to the Chinese.

why? they're clearly closer to the other countries.

Wow, so pretty much Malaysia can't even send out a boat from most of their shore line. Bunch of assholes

why not ? US has Military Bases around the world anyways....

They think they are the shit, ruler of the world

The reason that China has claim over that sea area further off its homeland is because there are these islands in the South China Sea that are historically Chinese islands. There has been Chinese jurisdiction over these islands for thousands of years. Similiar to the US which has claim on the sea area near Hawaii..which is much further off US homeland

the US has military base in Korea, Guam island, Hawaii and in Okinawa...
even in Germany and Saudi Arabia.

Thats way more further than the US homeland.

are there military bases on those islands?

Do I sense another Chinese thread :D

ROFLcakes @ the ignorance.

Hawaii = undisputably part of US territory.
Guam = US possession

Military base =/= territorial possession with accompanying territorial rights. Bases are there via agreement.

These islands = disputed claim (I have no idea of the details around the claims).

I agree. However, I can see why the claim would be made and why it could be advanced further through the Chinese claim to the islands.

China has claims over these islands because there has always been military and naval bases on those islands by the Chinese trending back thousands of years. However the largest island of them all, the Tai-Ping island is currently controlled by the Republic of China (Taiwan) military and is under Taiwan's jurisdiction, and PRC China and ROC China (Taiwan) are still trying to resolve their soverenty problems, and that gave the south east asian countries a chance to grab the islands while China and Taiwan are still in dispute.

Sorry, flawed argument.

History is history. You're talking about something that occured thousands of years ago by a totally different gov't.

If you truly believe in their claim, then I guess UK can still claim 40% of Africa the other 40% for France..and most of South America is still under Spain.

pwned.

The difference is, China still control over half of those islands. And no point telling me this, I am just telling you why China is claiming these islands.

and you know what the wierd thing is? South Korea, Guam, Hawaii, and Okinawa; are great fuckin places to live.

likewise, Tibet and North Korea are shit places.

Get the drift?

i was wondering what argument the chinalovers would make, i see most of them kept out of the thread but the ones that ventured in.. wow.. once ancient historical claim and comparing us military bases to ownership? lol

You know, we could always fight over it.
Billions of people vs coalition of billions of people. Lets see who wins.

One on One? Fuck that 3 on one. No Duels.

People don't bother reading before they reply.
Every other island on that map is also trying to get a much bigger boundary than the 200 mile line, only China is marked for what they want.
If you read the fine lines in the article, every country has their right to 200 miles of exclusive marine boundary. Look at where all the disputed islands are, if they are disputed, it could be every countries right to mark that country theirs and create a marine boundary around the disputed islands, that's exactly what China did
It also mentioned in the article that the bigger nations are able to extend their boundary because of their land mass.

By the way DNA, you should really be quiet. This isn't a place you belong. Reading your comments equals failure of any Asian related knowledge.

oh, my reply wasn't to the article, it was about ddauge's comment, you should practice what you preach and read my replies carefully.

sorry fetched, we're not in communist china, i'm allowed to say what I want on the INNERNETS!!!11!

Of course i was reading what you said. I said that you have no Asian related knowledge because you referred Tibet as a shit place. Maybe, just maybe you should listen to someone that's actually been there and tell you it's not. Like me. It doesn't have nice hotels, it isn't developed, but the untouched habitat is a different kind of enjoyment than Hawaii per say

And yes, your free to make a fool out of yourself anytime you feel like.

what Blinky said " Do I sense another Chinese thread "

anyplace which doesn't guarantee your basic rights is a shit place, therefor, Tibet falls into the 'shit' category. Is it that difficult for you to see?

or does having nice scenery and a good hotel make for a wonderful country?

oh oh oh! here comes the 'work in progress' arguement!!!

comeback and talk to me when you've grown out of your ethnic pride phase.

The whole philosophy behind human rights. It is much bigger than you and I.

please give a more vague answer, it makes you look smarter!

yes but the China's current declaration is a lot more than the 200mile line which is the standard.... Those dotted islands look like they belong to Phillipines or Malaysia more than anything....

nah, see those tiny tiny uninhabital islands in the center? they're saying their 200 nautical mile line is starting from them, not from the actual mainland.