Is The South China Sea On The Brink Of War?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ค. 2014
- Reef Madness: The insignificant island chain pushing the south china sea to the brink of war
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The Spratly Islands are an unremarkable scattering of reefs and sandbars in the South China Sea. But, rich in resources and claimed by six countries, could they be the trigger for the world's next major conflict?
"We call our Kalayaan Island group the submerged Saudi Arabia of the Philippines." Eugenio Bito-Onon is mayor of a seemingly innocuous islet municipality, home to just 150 residents. But with the region crosshatched by important shipping lanes, the undersea bed replete with oil and gas, and the marine life furnishing vast fishing grounds, the surrounding waters are simmering with tension. China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei all lay claim to a portion of the territory, in a little-known diplomatic contest that for decades has regularly brought the area to the brink of war, and put it firmly off-limits to Western media. "China is doing a lot of things besides bullying our fishermen and small navies", explains the mayor as he points out a Chinese development on a small atoll known as 'Mischief Reef'. Here, the only way to secure the land is to occupy it. So as competing claimants continue to build, could this high-stakes game of island Monopoly erupt into a fully fledged conflict?
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Love❤️ for the people of Phillipines🇵🇭 from India 🇮🇳. Stay Strong 💪
A snappy salute to all the Philippine Marines ....thank you very much..for serving our country the Republic of the Philippines.,,..soldiery is a noble profession of arms, in the sense that, there is no capital involve except life.....
Imagine brp jose rizal escorted by conrado and alrcaraz just showed up in the middle if knowhere im sure china cost guard just gonna back of and all the marines board in the shieramadre will goona scream and some will gonna cry.
Noynoy Aquino is even afraid to send the US spyplane there..
Brave soldiers of Philippines 🇵🇭.
Duterte should use force to take it back
Six countries fighting over the oil fields. Don't they know that new technology are solar power and electric cars? We don't need oil to drive cars in the next few years. Scientists and engineers are getting away from gas and petro.
I live here in the Philippines and absolutely love it,the people are awesome and you won't find any friendlier and hospitable people anywhere.
A big lesson learnt for US never ever trust CPP
never trust US
Incurable Romanticist RC is Republic of China a Bully to the Philippines. ...
Much Love for the Philippines. They are some of the nicest most hardworking people you will ever meet.
ertyderty7: Nice comment and I completely agree ! I love the Philippines, and Filipino people are beautiful, hard -working,polite and very kind.
Very true. I know many hardworking individuals but Philipinos are a hardworking people.
You know why? because we're experiencing the worst poverty in our entire life...
Lindly Reloj I think it’s more than that. It seems like a common soul of the people but I cannot say for sure.
Thank you.
English is our second language.
I'm not Chinese, but I'm so surprised and shocked about these hateful comments.. We as humans should love one another and care for each other. I hope your paradigms and views on people become positive. Many countries fucked up too or even worse. I'm just concern about the environment we destroy, abuse, waste and consume the Earth;(
yea better no people do fishing oil drilling there.
***** terrible things? like what?
xinglin jiang You serious?....water contamination, deforestation, Desertification, pollution, population, energy contamination. Lead in baby food. Heavy metals in the water table.....I am just getting started. Not saying the rest of the world is innocent but really? Not sure what your point is.
you are not supposed to be here.
Craig Manning all of those are true. and we are trying to deal with them. your criticism is of course welcome.
This made me cry....I admire the bravery and tenacity of our marines on that rotting ship. Please stay safe. May God bless and protect you always!!! Thank you for protecting our country.
Geez Philippine men have nice soft supple looking titties
I love Filipinos , God Bless these soildiers.
Very kind, unselfish, selfless people.
What is your opinion five years on?
salute mga sir, defend our philippine territory
The attack on the Vietnamese was outright murder!!
laughable. They knew their drill. If you cant use muscle you have to use your brawn.
@@cvictor8999 oh so the Nanjing Massacred was a joke
Phillipines is a lovely country that does not deserve war or to be bullied. The older generation has seen too much of it already.
The islands 🌴 are closer to Philippines 🇵🇭 and Brunei 🇧🇳 not China 🇨🇳
Yes
Philips is close to China too.
傻逼。English means Idiot. You get it ？
YOU RIGTH THIS IS FOR PHILIPPINES ISLAND NOT FOR CHINA PERIOD..
So what, China owns SOUTH china sea since mind dynasty, and the name of the is SOUTH CHINA SEA!
GOD bless the Philippines
Salamat
Sean Yee the rich stealing from the poor, same old story
Yes.. Bitaw.. Hare Krishna
Sean Yee You got rich by stealing technologies developed in other countries. Lucky I’m not the president of the US. I’d have every ship you have near the Philippines sunk where they were.
And then we went out
to the author of this video i would like to thank for making this video to let the world know what is happening to our territory..and special thanks to our brave soldiers for defending of our country..we are praying for you for your safety and for the safety of your family as well...God bless you.....
We love you guys stay strong and take care ok. Love from friends and family in Australia. We appreciate what your doing. ❤💕
Dear President Duterte, please defend our teritory from Chinese occupation,! we pray na hindi po kayo maging tuta ng Communist China at hayaang unti unting mawala mga island sa Pilipinas, baka sa susunod nasa magulat nalang tayo na puro Warship na ng ng Comunista ang Manila bay,!! this aggression is not acceptable to Filipino people,!!!
Panawagan ka pa eh naduwag nga sa china bff nya ang china ...build build build nga ang agreement nila ng china baka yung islands ang kabayaran ng build3 program nya with china
Thank you sir we salute you..thanks to all our soldiers there in kalayaan islands & reefs by protecting our territory
This documentary made me cry. It pains me to see our Filipino Marines suffer in that situation to provide protection to our territory. They are true heroes. Mabuhay kayo aming bayaning sundalo. Saludo po ako sa inyo. Nawa ay maging maayos kayo lagi.
Wow whole Pag asa islands 😍 I show solidarity our claim in the philippines
Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei,... should cooperate strongly to secure the Maritime Region of South China Sea. Watch out for China's bottomless greed to colonize the entire area by force. China doesn't respect International Maritime Law. Be cautious, the Philippines. If I were the President of the Philippines, I would immediately reinforce and secure these islands with all measures including more military equipment and personnel. How long do you last when you are blocked by China Navy Ships? The Philippines' President must have been slept for a long night without knowing the danger is waiting.
China is too greedy when they declared all East Sea is belong to China . That is so fun .
+Hara Taro but it is true. Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei,... were the parts of China
A low-life thought of a cunning thief.
+HỒ CHÍ MINH
The problem is there are many problems with the Philippine government - Corruption and incompetence means the money and means to do this is non-existent.
Tremulousnut, The People who love the country will stand up to decide who should stay for the highest position of the Gov for the sake of the people 's survival and independence.
I salute u all ! Ang mamatay ng dahil sayo !! Our precious country , full of beauty and natural resources . Thank u !
A conflict unknown for most of us in Scandinavia.
Ty for sharing!
how many ppl live in Scandinavia?
Thank you for your service! I salute u all!
Thank you, Journeyman, for bringing us with you in this adventure. Wish our present government were more assertive.
The world needs to teach china a big lesson
GOD BLESS 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭♥️
don't worry philippines. sweden willing to help in any war .. regards from sweden
haha,whats sweden ,whtat does it have...never heard about it before
+ming li just because u.s invaded middles east then china can invade other countries too? both china and the u.s are too greedy for power.
US invade other countries， China proctect himself from being invaded by little brothers of US.keep your mind clear,dont believe western propaganda.wake up,friend
+ming li protect? They're thief.
Like they did in WWII? "Why fight Hitler when others will do it for you?"
Thanks for that interesting report.
Why is no other countries trying to help these people? It's sickening. The reefs are very important to have a healthy ocean the Chinese should be forced to leave..
+KoolBreeze420 After WW2, only China claim the south china sea as their territory and accepted the Japan's surrender .By the way, there's no independent Vietnam and Fillipi at the moment and all their lord (France, US) have no dispute on China's claim. Only after the 1970s, these two countries began to cry for it just for the reason of Oil resources found. How funny it is!
+KoolBreeze420 it's to portray china and russia as the axis of evil preparing for WWIII
+KoolBreeze420 Because no one else cares. You act as if China has swallowed up ALLLLL the dam reefs in the South China Sea..?? lol China is a massive populated region on earth and needs to ensure it's survival by going out further in it's territorial waters to fish, mine and protect. Because of it's great ingenuity, they have built a small island to help in the exportation and importation of raw materials, food and resources by even putting a landing strip there. But because of "good ole boy" USA wanting to dominate the world, and continuing to threatened the island and China's survival, China has now moved missile defense systems into the area and is garrisoning the island today. China has repeated that it is in no way impeding the flow of commerce by other nations who feed from the same sea. If China was doing this in the Atlantic, Pacific, etc...they may be a cause for action. But because Amerikkka is such a war whore, China has to defend itself.
+lonb00 ohhh? or to advance there militarization and to gain more economic stability. and is their way to solve is to declare islands NOT Theirs? kapal naman
rub melton What "islands??" They MADE an island! Is it not the very thing Amerikkka has done? You know...taking shit??? The Bahamas, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, tried to take Cuba, Virgin Islands (one side is USA the other UK), AND....not to mention....every single nation that has Amerikkka's hands in their pockets, like Japan, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi, South Korea, South Vietnam, and a slew of other places, are based with USA weapons, vehicles, personnel and money! Who's being a tyrant here???
Thanks for the look..great eyeopener & heads up..nice to cee whats goin on there.
Excellent Program. In the 1950's the U.S. Navy had a fleet sailing back and forth to keep Formosa from falling to the Communist Chinese. Same place and very similar mission enacted today.
The water looks so damn amazing!
They should paint the desk to keep it from rusting and falling apart !
We love the philippines like we loved d marines defending our teritory..god be with u all..salamat!
Let us pray all Pilipinos , God answers prayers.. never lost hope about this problems coz our God is good .. He will never leave us ...God bless Philippines..
Heartbreaking .
Our poor planet
just found this very interesting, is there an update on how these guys on the ship or going ?
Is the same old thing 2 chinese ship circling the Sierra Madre, they only go away when we go on a military exercise with the US
How nice to see the beauty of it kahit walang nai tayo na amusement facilities Tama ng matahimik na ma tirahan BUT Ngayon na May nai tayo ng Duck Fort ng MALAKING barko na makakapagdala NG bagaybagay na kakailanganin ng tumitira d2 MABUHAY at Godbless
''I have been to plenty of conflict zones, but never in a boat full of chickens'' hahah
love it
May peace come to South China (by name, but not legally owned by China) sea. May peace, wealth & health come to China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Korea (North & South), Japan, Malaysia, Brunai, Indonesia. May all be saved.
Wullop Khin may Asia go down in a nuclear war, 3 billion less
This is quite comical, I must say.
What is comical about it?
I spend a lot of time in SE Asia and I have personally observed swarms of Chinese descend like locusts on tourist areas and I've seen them trample the coral with scant regard for the damage they cause. They're pumping lots of money into areas of SE Asia to construct mini Chinese areas. It really is scary. When I talk to the locals, they all whisper their discontent under their breath but also concede that they need their money.
It great to have them pray and say amen. Praying for the people.
People need to understand something that the media has failed to mention. China is bigger than any of the other countries involved in the dispute. Both by sheer number of people and also by total land area. This means that we ought to be entitled to more of the sea around us. The sea will allow us to feed our citizens, to fuel our citizens, and to travel (most of China is landlocked). These smaller countries are already surrounded by sea, and do not have the burden of as many people or as much land. I'm not sure why China is being labelled the selfish one in this conflict.
Nonsense. As if you're saying that China shouldn't have the need to respect the sovereignty of each country because they need the sea more than we do.
Tell these to the landlocked countries, maybe you'll get the same sympathy.
clarkdave the area is disputed. It doesn't belong to the other countries. Please stick to the facts and avoid lies and propaganda.
like you should avoid your government propaganda. shanghai
LOL who takes pinoys seriously?
***** they need America for even the smallest military skirmish lol.
vietnam, india, philippines, usa and japan.
I'll go claim your mom, it's easier.
It's a different kind of life but, that's the only way to keep what belongs to the PHILIPPINES... In a way it's BEAUTIFUL way of life...THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEO WITH US... FROM AMERICA WE SAY THANK YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU...
A wonderful film only wish that I had been there with you.
Thanks for making this documentary.
@Sean Yee jealous much?
@Sean Yee aws....because Chinese have small pee pee.
Dude....STFU and go stuff your Chinabot.
There's only one good thing about the coronavirus. People are now waking up about China how terrible.
@Sean Yee you don't enjoy the Village People I assume.
@Sean Yee imagine gay Chinese PLAN dancing.
Maybe it's time for a South-East Asian-Pacific version of NATO ?
hi, there has always been a S-east asia 'version of NATO' & its called ASEAN.
TinPeiLingFan
It's not a military alliance. What you need is literary something like NATO - with the United States and Canada.
i think u r right!
TinPeiLingFan
I remember there being something like that during the Cold War but whether it's still active ? I don't know.
if there is, i have yet to heard of it. but i know u r right because whenever a NATO nation is threathened or attacked, entire NATO declares war on it. In ASEAN, its the opposite, in fact Thailand & Laos always have border disputes, not to mention coups & riots in Burma & Malaysia. Everyone using China as an excuse to up the arms race. (Singapore is world's 3rd behind USA & Israel in Military spending) Even during natural disasters (e.g 2004's Tsunami), ASEAN nations used it as excuse to enter enemy territory offering humaratarian aid but hidden agenda is to practise their military might to show off/scare other Asean neighbours. As u can see in this docu, instead of banding together against China, Vietnam steals an island from Phili... And the annual Haze pollution from man-made Indonesia is making ASEAN & even Australia crazy & sick! TBH, Asean wld be eaten up by China after they reclaim Taiwan by force, because China has always used force to expand its territory. Its in our history & blood. Sry for long comment haha!
Excelente video bendiciones para todos y salud grasias Pedro x desde Miami
That's pretty much a common thing in the phillphines
I love the P.I.! We should support them as they supported us. Go P.I.!
6 years later, I wonder what is there now?
They're still there hopefully the next President can push for the reinforcing of BRP Sierra Madre or a permanent small outpost on top of the reef
We love you GUYS ..... Stay safe and we hope more comfort for you GUYS .......... ...
That's probably left over from the war
Amazingly videod .... Happy that the journalist went extra mile to show us various perspectives ... More than countries I am worried about the Coral Reefs....May God save the nature in South China Sea
none of your business, SOUTH CHINA SEA baby, we could do whatever we want.
+ Liu are you lunatic?
YUP, standard crazy brainwashed (i feel sorry for you, really) chinese
If the Philippine gov't officials stops those magnanakaw ng kaban ng bayan, they should be concentrating the development of tiny island
nice video thanks for sharing
Semper Fidelis, guys!
You should have shown a map of the South China Sea to mark the area China is claiming.
This story without a map, makes little sense.
The whole sea
They did at beginning , they want it all . .
brave men on the ship!
God bless you all
I became emotional when they were singing the Philippines 🇵🇭 National Anthem. I miss hearing it. They played that every morning in schools in the morning and recite the Philippine Pledge of Allegiance.
I support the Phillipines! With the new agreement, we can Interfere. Say No to CCP!
If which country the island is closer to determines which country it belongs, then the entire Philippine is close to China.
+Zhibin Zeng Going by the same logic, Malaysia could have stake the claim that Brunei is hers.
Your logic ha ha
GOD BLESSED YOU GUYS
Salute to the brave Philippine Navy, we in Brazil pray for you !
This was posted, 6 years ago ??? What's happening now in 2020 ??
July 2016 united nations arbitrary tribunal has already awarded the case to the Philippines 🇵🇭 and that China has no legal basis to claim period
Hmm. The truth is, Might makes Right.
Very interesting documentary.
When I saw the title I thought it was contemporary, but seeing as it was made 6 years ago, fairly prophetic (at least in western eyes) but MSM in the west doesn't give a fig.
Stay strong guys you are the strength that needs to be shown!! God bless from the US!!
Thank you ❤ from the philippines
Go Trump 2020 the only Pres who can stand on China
Modern colonization by China, who would guess.
china is terrorist
Valken: “🇨🇳’s been there for 5,000 years. Area was due for Urban Nenew, da?!!!” 🔥🇨🇳🔥🇨🇳🔥🇨🇳🔥🇨🇳🔥🇨🇳🔥🇨🇳🔥
W.H.O. Knows?
Click this → 25:05 This is the summation of the whole dispute. As a scuba diver I'm careful to not bump coral with my fins or destroy the delicate eco system as I've been trained to preserve it. Then THIS HAPPENS! → 14:98 China is grinding up the coral reefs to use as filler in boat building.
maraming salamat sa pag dokumentaryu
Wow amazing video nice looking views
blame who? blame the corrupt politicians of Philippines!
Moshe W. Blame china communist grab lander and sea
destroyer
Sinuportahan nyo kasi si Cory Aguino at dilawan kaya hayan ang napala natin sa huli ang aray ko..
duterte has made great progress in correcting corruption
@@michaelfronda3519 Kung hindi ka maaaring sumulat sa Ingles at sumulat ng isang bagay na matalino at sumulat ng isang bagay na walang anuman kundi isang hangal na pang-iinsulto sa pagka-bata na mangyaring mangyaring bumalik sa mga laruan ng iyong mga anak
@@jamier7073 hoy buhay na ako ng panahon ni Marcos at noong ni CORY mo..kaya alam ko..
would be nice to see chinese view regarding this .... or do they bluntly claim that its all their .... ?
as you see，in western people cant hear the voice from china except all these propaganda. we have always been negotiating with philippines in a peaceful way to achieve an outcome which both sides are satisfied with, untill the US armey steped in
+ming li what about u people's? at least we are not providing ammos to other countries to kill people. sooner or later your economy will fall then the same shit u say about us will happen to u. cheap defected product sellers. lets hope your 3 gorges dam will run for next 5-6 years
+ ming li it's not china who is negotiating, it is the philippine gov't who is negotiating to china for 17 years but nothing happened. the philippine gov't exhausted all avenues in order that both party can come up with a good solution to the problem in the contested territory but china is very adamant in its stand,that is why the philippine file a complaint to the UNCLOS.now that everything is clear to both party, then it's high time for CHexit in the west phil. sea.
All theirs.
What are you expecting, that China is going to share because taking it all would make them look greedy? If you look at the map it should be evident that China has the least right (geographically) to claim to any of these islands to begin with. They are pushing this shameless claim because they have the power to do so.
Another factor is that these oil reserves are not thoroughly explored yet, so no one knows exactly where all the good fields are. China may not actually want the entire South China Sea for themselves, but by disputing everything they can preserve the right to claim anything that turns out valuable. If they start reckognizing the claims of the other countries and it turns out that's where all the good stuff is, they'll be kicking themselves for having backed down simply because of a handful of soliders sitting on shipwreck.
Don't you know that in 18th century the Spratly Islands was called by the Spanish as "Archipielago de los Bancos de la Paragua (Archipelagic Banks of Palawan)."
That was probably Ione of the ship we excorted from Vietnam that went to the phillaphines at the end of the war in1975
Look at how far the Guam island from US mainland and Malvinas from UK，island is not yours for you Close to it
I hope they (Filipino soldiers ) at pag-asa. Could you repair this ship? At least, I hope somebody could donate the anti- rust paint to look our ship presentable.
keep up the good work ph
wow, Philippines is only that one tiny little island?? It's soo much smaller compared to Vietnam
It showed the Philippines on that map and it's just one small, thin little island, and then Vietnam is HUGE in comparison. I didnt know Philippines was so tiny
Huy Nguyen
ahahahahahahahaha that's a good one!
I hope you are kidding. Really
Huy Nguyen He meant didi D. Because he/she asked a STUPID question. You do know that The Phillippines contain more than thousands of islands didi D?
Huy Nguyen
I know. My second comment was for didi D. I can't believe what she wrote.
China's claim is the most geographically dubious of the lot. One look at a map shows that.
Bt Tan Not so sure about that. The eastern portion of the Philippine archipelago (Palawan) comes quite close to the Spratlys. Besides, Malaysian claims would be at least as close as Brunei's.
Depends on the islands and reefs we're discussing. Philippines is closer to some of the eastern ones such as Half Moon Shoal than Brunei or Malaysia to the southern ones. Malaysia juts northeast of Brunei.
Here's a map for reference:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spratly_Islands#/media/File:Mapspratly.jpg
It's ironic how this has made such strange bedfellows. China and Taiwan have largely been working together on their claims, while communist China and Vietnam have killed over them. It's too bad they can't just cooperate and reach a sharing agreement. However, with so many parties involved, it will never happen. China is trying to get a feel on US resolve in the area. The answer Beijing is getting is not what they were hoping for. Given how vital this shipping lane is to world trade and the number of US allies in the region, I wouldn't expect Washington to turn a blind eye on this anytime soon.
Bt Tan Show your sources? What's your legal evidence. You fucking land grabbers! WE NOW BOYCOTT CHINA PRODUCTS! SUB STANDARD PRODUCTS!
Bt Tan - Hey idiot... I'm here in the United States. And we Filipinos as you may know have a global presence everywhere in this world. We are rallying now not to buy MADE IN CHINA. You China People kill babies right. I remember the milk with a poison, See how cruel and substandards are your products.
Bt Tan it is only more than 100 mile away from the philippines,,,so stop bullying the tiny nation,,just stay in china,you dont know what your talking about.
Tom Clancy's Book "SSN" is so so ominous even today!
And the thought of Obama let the Chinese take it with out a shot is just treasonous. Yet he had the courage to go liberate the middle east the people that have needed liberation are the countries bullied by China .Tom Clancy is said to have been killed by the Obama administration
@25:05 Every dispute is absurd if you closer.
If the CCP claimed South China Sea belonged to them for its name' shake, then Indian Ocean should belong to India, why not?
diamond Tran not be name, by history.the South China Sea even was declared belong to China when CCP not take the mainland. Jerk,look up before speak!
I respect my military man who protect our territory too. They are heroes too
They are insane
from Turkey Fuck China !!!
I don't know but my heart just melt, when I see those letters of children from our mainland. it is really heart warming to watch, and before I noticed it I'm in tears.@24:20
Let's Build on the Side of Ship a Structure: Called Stilt Architecture made of Steel Pipe s or Bamboo pole ... Thanks for the Post... Our Heavenly Father YAHWEH Protect Us and Save our Filipinos .
Sorry, but he's on Mars, with his "dear" son Yeshua (better known as Jesus...); not he, but our HEAVENLY MOTHER AND >>>COMRADEclassless society
Can we send Greta Thunberg to China 🇨🇳 maybe they think twice 😂😂
They’d throw the mis-guided child into a re-education (concentration) camp. Keep her for 4 years she would come out again as a fully fledged CCP propagandist. Still a nutter.
America need to send troops there ASAP
Sadly laws forbid this happening....and the US is not the world's police force.
you didn't even have to look in the description to realise this is way out of date...
Thang you for your service 🤠🤠🤠
we in the West have no clue as to what happens in the rest of the world.Great Documentary
It’s south Asian sea 🌊 much better
ABSOLUTELY....!!!!
"...meanwhile, the reefs are being destroyed, on an industrial scale...". The human race shines again.
thanks to the china govenment.
Andaming isda tsaka parang Ang Ganda Ng Lugar...
you just say it shouldn't belong to China. but you didn't explain why it should belong to Vietnam.
the point is not who its belong to, the point is using violent never a good thing, as history had show us many many times.
tuan chau Welcome to humanity mate, enjoy your stay.
Or the Philippines!
***** Quick, I see a tree in need of a hug, go get it!
User123 With out Trees there is no life! Lets stop the US from blowing them all off the face of the Earth!!
I'm a Chinese, and I hope everything can solve on the table not War. World peace plz.