The Current Situation in the South China Sea Dispute and Suggested Responses

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1、TheCurrentSituationintheSouthChinaSeaDisputeandSuggestedResponsesTheCurrentSituationintheSouthChinaSeaDisputeandSuggestedResponsesLiJinming木~pensionshavebeenrisingovertheSouthChinaSeaissueinthelastyear．_I．ThereturnoftheU．S．totheAsia．PacificregionhasexacerbatedtheSouthChinaSeadispute．Thisshif

2、tinU．S．strategyhasseenconcentrationsofitsland，seaandairforcesintheregion．inordertostrengthenmilitarytieswithalliessuchasJapan，SouthKorea，AustraliaandthePhilippines，withtheclearpurposeofcontainingChina．envisitingVietnamon4thJune．U．S．DefenseSecretaryPane~astatedatajointpressconferencewithVietn

3、ameseDefenseMinisterPhungQuangThanhthat“onlyifVietnamandthePhilippinesbecomestrong，willtheSoutheastAsiaregionbestable．”HefurthersaidthattheU．S．andVietnamshouldcontinuetodevelopbilateralrelationsinvariousfields，especiallyindefenseandsecuritycooperation，andthatthepurposeofhistripwastobuildmutu

4、altrustbetweenthetwocountriesandthetwomilitaries．TheU．S．iSalsostrengtheningmilitarycooperationwiththePhilippinesaspartofenhancingitsexistingmilitarypresenceintheAsia—Pacificregion，inordertohedgeagainstChina．In2012，U．S．militaryaidtothePhilippineswilltotalUS$30million，doublethatofthepreviousye

5、ar．LeadersinthePhilippinesbelievethatmeU．S．hasinefectpromisedtoprovideassistanceifthePhilippinesiSattacked．BoththePhilippinesandVietnamsawanopportunitytointernationalizetheSouthChinaSeadispute，andtobringoutsidecountriesintomultilateralnegotiationsontheissue．Theinterventionofothercountriessuc

6、hasJapanfurthercomplicatesLiJinmingisaProfessoroftheInstituteofSoutheastAsianStudiesatXiamenUniversity．CIRSeptember／October201263万方数据LiJinmingtheSouthChinaSeaissue．WhenVietnamesePrimeMinisterNguyenTanDungvisitedJapanon21stApril，hesaidinregardtotheSouthChinaSeaissue，“Forpeaceandstabilityinthe

7、region．Japanandothercountriesshouldprovidecooperation，’’andexpressedthehopethatothercountriescouldalsoactivelyparticipate．Intheyear20l1-2012(uptotheendofMarch)．Ofncia1DevelopmentAssistance(ODA)fundsprovidedbytheJapanesegovernmenttoVietnamreachedare