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China ASEANandthe ChinaASEAN and the SouthChinaSea

CarlyleA.Thayer PresentationtoAcademiaSinica Presentation to Academia Sinica October7,2011

Outline
Chinese assertiveness in first half 2011 Chineseassertivenessinfirsthalf2011 ResponsesbythePhilippinesand Vietnam Guidelines to Implement the DOC GuidelinestoImplementtheDOC PostDOCGuidelinesDevelopments Concludingobservations

ChineseAssertiveness:Philippines Chinese Assertiveness: Philippines


Major incursions into Filipino waters MajorincursionsintoFilipinowaters
FiringatFilipinofishermen(25Feb) MVVeritasVoyager(2March) Unloadingconstructionmaterials(24May)

MegaOilRig S b i i SubmissionstotheUnitedNations t th U it d N ti

PhilippinesResponses Philippines Responses


Diplomatic protests Diplomaticprotests Forcemodernisationforterritorial defence Lobbying ASEAN members LobbyingASEANmembers ReaffirmingtieswiththeU.S. ZoneofPeace,Freedom,Friendshipad Cooperation(ZOPFF/C) p ( )

ChineseAssertiveness:Vietnam Chinese Assertiveness: Vietnam


Unilateralfishingbans ChinesefishingcraftoffVietnam g Accostingcommercialexplorationships
Binh Minh 02 incident (26 May) Minh02incident(26May) VikingII(9June) Third incident? (30 June) Thirdincident?(30June)

VietnameseResponses Vietnamese Responses


Special Envoy to China (February) SpecialEnvoytoChina(February) Highlevelmeetings
ViceChairmanCentralMilitaryCommission GovernmentBoundaryNegotiations Government oundary Negotiations ShangrilaDialoguesidelinediscussions

VietnameseResponses Vietnamese Responses


Stiffeningpublicpronouncements Livefireexercises Live fire exercises Risingnationalismpublicprotests SpecialEnvoytoChina(June)

GuidelinestoImplementDOC Guidelines to Implement DOC


Implementation on stepbystep Implementationonstepbystep approach Promotedialogueandconsultations Activities or projects should be clearly Activitiesorprojectsshouldbeclearly identified I l Implementationpurelyvoluntary t ti l l t

GuidelinestoImplementDOC Guidelines to Implement DOC


Initialactivitiesconfidencebuilding l fd b ld measures consensusamongpartiesconcerned,and d d leadtotheeventualrealizationofaCode ofConduct. of Conduct ExpertsandEminentPersons ReportdirectlytoASEANChina MinisterialMeeting

Post DOCGuidelinesPhilippines PostDOC Guidelines Philippines


PresidentAquinovisitsBeijing PushforbindingCodeofConduct P h f bi di C d f C d t Furthermilitarymodernisation y ZoneofPeace,Freedom,Friendshipand Cooperation

Post DOCGuidelinesVietnam PostDOC Guidelines Vietnam


AntiChinaprotestsend AntiChina protests end 7th roundbilateraldiscussions 2nd DefenceSecurityDialogue 5th Meeting Joint Steering Committee MeetingJointSteeringCommittee GeneralPoliticalDepartmentHeadvisits China Vietnam Party Chief to visit Beijing VietnamPartyChieftovisitBeijing

ConcludingObservations Concluding Observations


Aggressive assertiveness first half 2011 Aggressiveassertivenessfirsthalf2011 AdoptionofDOCGuideline Chinas9dashlinemapofSouthChina Seaclaims Sea claims Counterproductiveresponses ZOPFF/C enclaves Code of Conduct/COC Treaty CodeofConduct/COCTreaty

China ASEANandthe ChinaASEAN and the SouthChinaSea


CarlyleA.Thayer PresentationtoAcademiaSinica Presentation to Academia Sinica October7,2011

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