Chinese Navy submarines and nuclear submarines are still present offshore as the main activity area. The picture shows the Type 091 attack submarines. (Data plan)
"The New York Times" Web site article title: Sea Frankenstein (Senior Fellow, Rand Corporation of the former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Thad Allen, Richard Armitage, former Deputy Minister of Defense John - Hamlet)
"United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea," came nearly 30 years, nearly 160 countries (and EU) have signed it, but the United States has not ratified it.
If the ratification of the Convention, the scope of our exclusive economic zone beyond the continental shelf up to 600 nautical miles of control is expected to receive international recognition. From the military point of view, as is every reason to ratify the Convention.
Joint Chiefs of Staff has pointed out that the Convention "will be the right of navigation, overflight rights and freedom of the seas codification of the law, and these rights on the global mobility of our armed forces is essential."
In other words, it gives our Navy on the high seas and exclusive economic zones and foreign territorial waters of foreign operations for additional flexibility, thus enhancing national security.
This is particularly important in the Asia-Pacific and South China Sea: Due to conflicting territorial claims of sovereignty, China, Japan and Southeast Asian countries exacerbated the tension between.
Last July, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton once again to the Southeast Asian countries that the United States strongly supports multilateral efforts to resolve the South China Sea territorial disputes, also criticized China's unilateral pressure tactics, this practice has won a lot of respect.
However, the firm stance of the United States whatever the final because we are unable to ratify the Convention on the Law of the Sea compromised.
For these reasons, the importance of the Convention on Law of the Sea currently approved more than ever before. On the occasion of the U.S. military and economic power were tested, we should not only land, but also play a leading role in the ocean.
Singapore's "Straits Times" Web site article title: Beijing's latest territorial claims or make relationships complicated (Institute of Southeast Asia, Singapore, a senior visiting scholar Michael Richardson)
China is already the world's largest offshore energy producers. But it still wants to nearby waters in the territorial sea or to find more oil and gas resources to become more powerful, in order to avoid excessive dependence on energy imports from abroad.
However, China's energy security strategy to take this further so that it may be the Southeast Asian countries and the U.S., Japan and South Korea and other countries complicate the relationship.
United States, Japan and Korea as the South China Sea for trade and for military aircraft, ships free access to international channels.
Beijing's rapid economic growth to boost energy while looking for sea target is a major concern in the South China Sea. China and Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei in this region has overlapping sovereignty claims.
At the same time, the Chinese Navy and Air Force to buy weapons and equipment rapidly to master military skills, resulting in the formation of the South China Sea deterrent force to protect the Chinese energy companies there.
Just this month, Beijing reiterated more than 80% of the South China Sea extending to the Southeast Asia region and the U-shaped area centered regional sovereignty over all islands and reefs.
In a letter to the Philippines said its protest letter to express these ideas, this letter was circulated to all UN member states.
"The New York Times" Web site article title: Sea Frankenstein (Senior Fellow, Rand Corporation of the former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Thad Allen, Richard Armitage, former Deputy Minister of Defense John - Hamlet)
"United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea," came nearly 30 years, nearly 160 countries (and EU) have signed it, but the United States has not ratified it.
If the ratification of the Convention, the scope of our exclusive economic zone beyond the continental shelf up to 600 nautical miles of control is expected to receive international recognition. From the military point of view, as is every reason to ratify the Convention.
Joint Chiefs of Staff has pointed out that the Convention "will be the right of navigation, overflight rights and freedom of the seas codification of the law, and these rights on the global mobility of our armed forces is essential."
In other words, it gives our Navy on the high seas and exclusive economic zones and foreign territorial waters of foreign operations for additional flexibility, thus enhancing national security.
This is particularly important in the Asia-Pacific and South China Sea: Due to conflicting territorial claims of sovereignty, China, Japan and Southeast Asian countries exacerbated the tension between.
Last July, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton once again to the Southeast Asian countries that the United States strongly supports multilateral efforts to resolve the South China Sea territorial disputes, also criticized China's unilateral pressure tactics, this practice has won a lot of respect.
However, the firm stance of the United States whatever the final because we are unable to ratify the Convention on the Law of the Sea compromised.
For these reasons, the importance of the Convention on Law of the Sea currently approved more than ever before. On the occasion of the U.S. military and economic power were tested, we should not only land, but also play a leading role in the ocean.
Singapore's "Straits Times" Web site article title: Beijing's latest territorial claims or make relationships complicated (Institute of Southeast Asia, Singapore, a senior visiting scholar Michael Richardson)
China is already the world's largest offshore energy producers. But it still wants to nearby waters in the territorial sea or to find more oil and gas resources to become more powerful, in order to avoid excessive dependence on energy imports from abroad.
However, China's energy security strategy to take this further so that it may be the Southeast Asian countries and the U.S., Japan and South Korea and other countries complicate the relationship.
United States, Japan and Korea as the South China Sea for trade and for military aircraft, ships free access to international channels.
Beijing's rapid economic growth to boost energy while looking for sea target is a major concern in the South China Sea. China and Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei in this region has overlapping sovereignty claims.
At the same time, the Chinese Navy and Air Force to buy weapons and equipment rapidly to master military skills, resulting in the formation of the South China Sea deterrent force to protect the Chinese energy companies there.
Just this month, Beijing reiterated more than 80% of the South China Sea extending to the Southeast Asia region and the U-shaped area centered regional sovereignty over all islands and reefs.
In a letter to the Philippines said its protest letter to express these ideas, this letter was circulated to all UN member states.
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