Top Philippine Government public Ocean awareness, strategic vacuum, enclosure blue ocean
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Philippine coastline of 36,289 km long, the sea is about 7 times times
the land area of its exclusive economic zone, an area of 2.2 million
square kilometers. Advantageous natural conditions in the territory, are
favourable to the development of fisheries. The Philippine Government
since its in the 1960 of the 20th century, attaches importance to the
development of fisheries, 1977 volume ranks 13th in the world of
fishing, fishery output value GDP5% in the late 80, fishery has become
one of the major foreign exchange earning sectors.
According to the
Government of the Philippines in 2002 statistics, fisheries in China
around 1 million, the labour force of 5%. About 670,000 people in the
fisheries sector, 57,000 were engaged in commercial fishing, about
260,000 people employed in the aquaculture companies. Governments across
the country are built with fisheries training school, free training
designed for fishermen, also provides scholarships for children of
fishermen, encourage young people to engage in fisheries and other
related work. Is an ocean with a long tradition in the Philippines
Islands, fishing is not only life skills, are a way of life.
As early
as 1955, the Philippines has put forward the concept of archipelagic
States, advocates of Oceanic Islands as a whole to deal with. In March
1956, the Philippine Maritime Institute President Mary 40 crew led by
Thomas g Los excuse expedition has reached the North reef, South reef,
Nansha Islands, 9 and "occupation". In June 1961, publication No. 3046,
Bill in the Philippines, around the outermost islands draw 80 straight
baselines of the islands of the Philippines, and the line outside the
baseline, the West Sea area within the transit line provided for in the
Treaty of Paris known as the territorial sea of the Philippines,
much-expanded its waters.
In July 1971, the Philippine Government had
sent the Navy occupation of Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
reef, Zhongyedao. By 1974, the Philippines had occupied 5 Islands in the
Spratly Islands, namely Ma Huandao, Feixindao, Moon Island, North West
reef, and Zhongyedao. At this point, through civil theft of island, the
Philippine Government cleverly "backdoor listing", became a party to the
dispute.
In 1978, the Philippine President Marcos signed
Presidential Decree 1596th, 33 islands and reefs of the Spratly Islands,
an area of 64,976 square nautical miles of the waters called "part of
the territory of the Philippines, and on the implementation of the
Administration". The Philippines is the first country to declare the
exclusive economic zone in the ASEAN countries. 1956-1970 within this
period, the Philippine Government to "civil adventure", with "Government
intervention", step by step from the sovereign legal preparation and
actually start with control of resources in the waters of a two-pronged
approach. In 1974, after China won the Xisha Islands, in the South China
Sea for a long time not as, the Philippines and Viet Nam have
opportunity. "More"
Fishermen, the Navy and the Government of the Philippines to guard chain, without fear or favour against army
For
the recent confrontation in the Philippines in the South China Sea,
huangyan Island, the Philippine fisheries Union (Pamalakaya) fishermen
whose tough to Ma Keqing sent a letter to Chinese Ambassador to the
Philippines. Wrote in a letter: "Madam Ambassador, China demonstrated in
the huangyan Island crisis of political arrogance is unacceptable, is
for all fishermen in the Philippines and the Philippine national
collective sovereignty of the 90 million people offended. Bullying
affects less than 200,000 Chinese fishermen fishing activities.
"Responsible person said:" we do not allow any foreign forces, both
China and the United States, using their strong military force of
bullying us. Fishermen in the Philippines are "lead the charge",
Ambassador to China attack. Their logic is that the huangyan island is
only 220 kilometers from three strokes at the province of the
Philippines, from 350 kilometers from Manila, but the huangyan Island to
1100 km to Guangzhou. Why so long distance intervals, non-to claim that
China has sovereignty over huangyan island?
Fishermen are behind the
Navy. Although the economic vulnerability of the Philippines military
is very weak, is still dependent on the World War II battleships of the
period, but never avoided confrontation in the country. The bravado of a
patriotic nature, government officials and news media have been China's
South China Sea known as the "West Sea of the Philippines". President
Aquino III verbally claimed that the Islands belong to the Philippines,
"we showed to the world was clear: are we are we". Busy upgrading
equipment seriously behind the armed forces of the Philippines in recent
years, purchase new ships and weapons, and from the United States to
buy second-hand "Hamilton" patrol.
Philippine President Aquino III by
the 57th executive order creating a national marine monitoring system,
to expand the Navy and maritime security operations in the country,
maintaining territories in the Philippines to protect its people and
resources from the threat from the sea. Authorized the Philippine Coast
Guard and the national marine monitoring system Philippines Navy
maritime patrol missions of the joint implementation of the West
Philippine Sea. United States Coast Guard provide training and equipment
support. In the 57th, Executive orders, national marine monitoring
system is expressed as "oceans and security operation coordinated by a
central body" in order to "enhance national governance of marine areas".
Huangyan
island after confrontation, Foreign Minister, spokesman of the
Government of the Philippines and President Aquino III, at different
times and on different occasions issued a strongly worded statement
condemning China's territorial claims, rendering the China threat
theory, even third States not directly say line up. Where you can see
fishermen's awareness of protecting their own interests in the
Philippines, strong positions and actions of the Government directly or
indirectly interact with the formation of Filipino fishermen also echoes
the trend.
Although the General aging of the fleet in the
Philippines, but a military deal with China's civilian vessel more than
enough. Confrontation between the huangyan Island, is the largest
tonnage of Hamilton-class patrol ship in the Philippines tried to
arrests of Chinese fishermen in the South China Sea, huangyan island
waters. China marine surveillance ship was the largest warship in the
Philippines, strength comparison of disparity between the two sides.
"More"
Wishful thinking in the Philippines: the intransigence and share the Chinese development dividend
South
China Sea is the communication between two oceans and sea hub to link
three continents, is the lifeline of China's offshore oil and trade. 39
route leading to the outside, there are 21 through the Nansha Islands
Sea area, 60% foreign trade transport in Nansha after, waters around the
Spratly Islands have become the place where the lifeline to ensure
national energy security and trade. South China Sea is not only
important strategic location, is still a huge untapped oil, and the
Persian Gulf, Mexico as famous for the four oceans of the world, and the
North Sea oil and gas in the Gulf area. The Philippines relies heavily
on imports of oil and economy vulnerable to the effects of international
oil price shocks. Philippine domestic population, energy gap, urgent
need to develop energy sources to relieve the pressure of domestic
energy. Close proximity to face resource and strategy of a vacuum, there
is no reason not to touching of the Philippines.
Although the
Philippines firm, the economic interests between the South China Sea
issue and know how to play. Want really interests, but also want to
avoid war. In 2010, the Philippines in bilateral trade volume $ 27.746
billion, by the end of June 2011, China on Philippine non-financial
direct investment of us $ 251 million, China has become the
third-largest export market and trading partner of the Philippines.
September 2011 President Aquino leads nearly 300 very large business
delegation visit to China, his plan was: both want to harvest a large
number of commercial contracts in China, and trying to not make
concessions on the issue of the South China Sea, share dividend of
China's economic development.
Not difficult to find there is an
ambivalence of the Philippines, on the one hand from the bridgehead when
US troops returning to Southeast Asia to Latin America to China to
increase its presence in the South China Sea and China energy; on the
other hand want to really enjoy the benefits of China's development and
look forward to more such benefits. But in any case, any of the leaders
in the South China Sea, including Aquino can not compromise on domestic
political opponents eye covetously, no compromise will be dragged into
the abyss of irreversible; International Philippines needs to take on
South China Sea issues to attract United States material support and
security. Then Philip internationalization and complex issue, strong
ASEAN countries line up position, invite international oil company
exploitation, petitioned the United Nations, rendering the China threat
theory, creating illusion of transit of China against the strong weak,
in a variety of ways to consolidate the dominant fact of occupation of
South China Sea.
China terrestrial civilization a long, haimin Ocean
awareness is very weak. At a time when world enclosure in a new blue,
due to the national consciousness and national strategies were slow to
move from land to sea, missed opportunities and interests. Current
development thinking of land and development of marine, also created
many contradictions and problems of development of marine economy in
China. China's traditional boundaries at sea "with nine lines" already
exists in name only, and lack of intensity and strength are vying for
marine interests, lack of significance of the marine management theory,
supported by lack of Viet Nam as a full system of national marine
strategies, gives "let things go hang" impression. When many South China
Sea "vagrant" island returned to the embrace of the motherland? Hazel
said, "facing the sea, with Spring Blossoms", if only some years later
generations can still enjoy this kind of poetry.
