{"id":9815,"date":"2015-07-08T07:03:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9815"},"modified":"2015-07-08T07:03:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:03:50","slug":"a-fine-balance-chinas-need-for-resources-and-stability-in-the-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9815","title":{"rendered":"A Fine Balance: China\u2019s Need for Resources and Stability in the South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"article-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/a-fine-balance-chinas-need-for-resources-and-stability-in-the-south-china-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Fine Balance: China\u2019s Need for Resources and Stability in the South China Sea<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The shift in demographic and economic weight from Europe to East Asia has intensified over the past 20 years, which makes East Asia and its coastal areas increasingly important \u2013 a critical shift in current and future international relations dynamics underscored by the United States\u2019 (US) \u201cPivot to Asia\u201d or East Asian foreign policy of the Obama administration. Four Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members, plus China\/Taiwan either partially or fully claim sovereignty over the South China Sea and its territorial features: islands, reefs, and atolls. Given the importance of the South China Sea\u2019s islands and sub-soils, we seek to assess whether a Chinese policy towards the South China Sea\u2019s territorial disputes endangers regional stability and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Economic and Strategic Importance of the Spratly Islands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s extensive borders, surrounded by sea and a rich diversity of neighbors, from large Russia, unstable Afghanistan, to maritime neighbors such as the Philippines, South Korea, and Japan, presents a host of security challenges. The South China Sea forms part of the complexity of China\u2019s border security challenges. The following claimants surround the South China Sea: China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines. Territorial disputes contribute to regional volatility. The Sea is considered a flashpoint for conflict in the Asia Pacific Region. There are two groups of islands in the South China Sea: the Paracel and Spratly Islands. China, Taiwan, and Vietnam claim all of the Paracel and Spartly Islands, while Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brunei only claim parts of the Spratlys. Claims put forward by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam are historically based, whereas claims made by Malaysia and Brunei are based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), the proximity principle, and the continental shelf principle. The Philippines\u2019 claim is based on proclaimed discovery of unclaimed islands in 1956.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fine Balance: China\u2019s Need for Resources and Stability in the South China Sea The shift in demographic and economic weight from Europe to East Asia has intensified over the past 20 years, which makes East Asia and its coastal areas increasingly important \u2013 a critical shift in current and future international relations dynamics underscored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7084,1443,130,5674,1445,584,1710,1439,7085,1442,827,1440],"class_list":["post-9815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-asean-countries","tag-brunei","tag-china","tag-geopolitical-monitor","tag-malaysia","tag-obama","tag-philippines","tag-south-china-sea","tag-south-china-sea-dispute","tag-taiwan","tag-united-states","tag-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9816,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9815\/revisions\/9816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}