http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-rejects-south-china-sea-ruling-says-will-deploy-another-navy-vessel-to-itu-aba
>TAIPEI - Taiwan said on Tuesday (July 12) that it will never accept a ruling by a UN-backed arbitral tribunal that Taiping island and other features in the Spratly archipelago are "rocks" that are not entitled to a 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone.
>Its navy also said it will deploy another coast guard vessel on Wednesday to Taiwan-controlled Taiping - also known as Itu Aba - to patrol its surrounding waters. The navy had deployed a 2,000-tonne coast guard vessel on Sunday to the island.
yfw World War: Asia edition starts begins all these retarded countries are fighting over rocks.
>>80841774
First it's this island, a half hour later it's the Philippines because they're still hungry for power.
>>80841774
>Nip agree with Hague saying Taiping isn't an island.
>Claim Okinotorishima is an island
U wot m8?
>>80842171
ALL these countries are retarded.
I'd be surprised if they aren't all purposely sinking superstructures under the sea in a chain then waiting for reefs to appear so they can claim they are islands as well.
>>80841774
this looks like a former low-tide elevation / reef that has been turned into an island by the process of land reclamation.
At this point in time, such islands don’t have any maritime rights (you can’t assign territorial zone / contiguous zone, or EEZ around it). The problem is, in 20, 50 or 100 years, if those islands still exist, someone will claim the historic continuity and the island will get its rights sooner or later.
>>80842591
Nope
-http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/5-takeaways-a-closer-look-at-the-historic-south-china-sea-arbitration-award/
-http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/26/asia/taiwan-south-china-sea/
-https://amti.csis.org/exploring-itu-aba-virtual-tour-south-china-sea-islet/#18742B6F-9FDC-6796-708C-81616F0B542C
Taiping is class as the largest natural land mass compare to all of the others, we did not do any land reclamation. we have been here since 1956.
Go compare the island photo now to the one's in 1960s.
>>80841774
>tfw the ruling is pushing Taiwan and China closer and damages Vietnamese and Japanese claims against China
I hope the flips got what they wanted.
>>80843605
Putting the soulless chinks in their place is always a worthwhile endeavor.
>>80843397
old pic of taiping.
i guess you wanted more sea
Bump for important topic that could lead to a Pacific war
>>80844819
Yeah very funny Ivan
Why don't you put down that vodka bottle and go to bad?
