The South China Sea: Troubled Waters

Bordered by ten nations and including some of the world's most important shipping lanes and fisheries, the South China Sea is a vital region. Critically important mineral resources, including oil, are thought to be there in large quantities as well. The Chinese have long laid claim to nearly the entire South China Sea. That claim is contested by many nations and in some instances the conflict has turned violent. This summer the United States entered the fray.

In July, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "The United States has a national interest in freedom of navigation, open access to Asia's maritime commons, and respect for international law in the South China Sea." This comment, made at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) regional forum held in Hanoi, triggered a vigorous response from Chinese authorities.

Chinese authorities argue that they and other nations in the region can work out their differences on a bilateral, nation to nation basis. They say that the U.S. is intruding into the discussion and attempting to make rights and use of the South China Sea an international issue. As Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi put it, "What will be the consequences to if this issue is turned into an international or multilateral one? It will only make matters worse and the resolution more difficult."

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This new documentary from the USC U.S.-China Institute looks at the issue and includes interviews with distinguished Chinese and American specialists including Shen Dingli (Center for American Studies, Fudan University), Xie Tao (Beijing Foreign Studies University), Bonnie Glaser (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Daniel Lynch (USC). USCI senior fellow Mike Chinoy reports the story. USCI multimedia editor Craig Stubing handled the camerawork and editing. We look forward to your comments. Please send them to us at uschina@usc.edu.

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[Muralidharan001]

@itsHUNGover Japanese dominated China. will China becomes Japan's property? I welcome China to balance American power but if China becomes imperialist its economy will collapse and it will be no longer a super power

[itsHUNGover]

@Muralidharan001 they traveled the seas, and dominated it, naturally the strongest power over an area has the ultimate control, reflect this back to the Americans they stick their nosy asses up every corner of the world and they control it along the way, so why can't China begin this, the time has come for new nations to rise

[TheNbaLover22]

@itsHUNGover You are correct . The Chinese are the ONLY people who won't kowtow to the Americans , thus incurring America's ire as the other countries are lapdogs of the USA , and China won't play that stupid game .

[itsHUNGover]

the US needs to fuck off and mind their own business, period. They park fucking nuclear submarines loaded with warheads and deploy troops in our fucking backyards, and tell China to give in to every American demand? Stop Chinese aggression? Stop our influence? Stop weakening American influence? Who the fuck do you think the Chinese are to have to listen to USA when they stick their ass in every corner of the world and deploy troops everywhere. Its usa getting china to let us dominate them.

[fuckvietgookintheass]

@MyV3i the fact of it is, the water of water is called South China Sea, not East gook sea, when China discovered the water and named the area, vietnam gooks were fucking by monkeys in the jungle.

[tascam10]

@lovevietnam4ever You are the COOL one! Only the STUPID gets into WAR! Either sides suffer.It shows in school yard fight, only the stupid gets into fights & into troubles. Those who provide various REASONs to fight are the ONLOOKERS. Those who provide various SUPPORTs & weapons are the UGLY ones. They are the REAL beneficiaries from the fight. Don't ask what you'd get but ask what your SUPPORTER'd get from the fight! Don't rely anyone but yourselves in any fight!

[rebirthish]

@john97934 U are so gay, dude! :D

[MyV3i]

the fact is Chinese cant use history record to prove that South East Asia sea belong to China, Chinese need to use legal record instead. If the dependence on history record can prove the sovereignty of CHina over the water area, Italy can prove their sovereignty over 1/3 Europe coz that was how big Rome Empire before.

[tascam10]

@TheSalmonfan LOL Dumb Trang from the Vietnamese Refugee Camp, you haven't been using this SN for days! Are you getting too many FAKE YT SN's to use on a daily basis? LOL, No doubt you are having MENTAL ILLNESS so hard to be cured! LOL.Make sure you use your FAKE $1 million CDN to fix your mental sickness, which you may have gotten from your personal LAB! LOL Dumb Trang from the Vietnamese Refugee Camp!

[corollatime]

@john97934 Little john, what is with the anger? Based from your statement, you must like anal sex alot right?