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Bill Hayton

2 years

My new book 'A Brief History of #Vietnam ' is out! Published by @TuttleBooks it's a succinct narrative from prehistory to the present, integrating diverse perspectives and recent scholarship. It might ruffle some feathers...

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Genuine question... When China built a hospital in a week in Wuhan, social media were full of "Wow, amazing" news stories and comments. When the UK built a hospital in a week in London social media are "Meh...". Why the difference?

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🎉Finally found a South China Sea document I’ve been seeking for a long time! An 1899 translation of a letter in which the ‘Chinese Foreign Ministry’ (the Zongli Yamen of the Qing Great State) says the Paracel Islands are ‘high seas’ and, implicitly, not part of its territory...

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A thread about the historical explanation for Indonesia’s current stand-off with China in the South China Sea.

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80% of #coronavirus test kits sent from China to Czech Republic give false results...

Rychlotesty na koronavirus z Číny mají podle krajské hygieničky chybovost až 80 procent

Vicepremiér a ministr vnitra Jan Hamáček (ČSSD) ale tvrdí, že zřejmě byla zvolena špatná metodika. Využít by zřejmě šly hlavně u lidí v končící karanténě, kteří nebyli pozitivně testováni.

www.irozhlas.cz

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China establishes two districts to manage the South China Sea - a little thread to explain why this decision exposes the nonsense of China's territorial claims

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I don't think it's because outsiders are surprised that China can do such a thing. I think it's the opposite. It's a frame of thinking that sees the West as exhausted and China as the source of innovation and progress. Which is odd...

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3 years

More nonsense history of the South China Sea published by the South China Morning Post - this time written by the CEO of a private equity firm. I guess this is what corporate bosses have to do to gain favour from Beijing these days. Anyway, rebuttal...

Opinion | Beijing and Taipei are united – in their South China Sea claims

The claims of mainland China and Taiwan share their origin, but the US has never challenged those of the self-governed island.

www.scmp.com

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Freshly-minted PhD! With grateful thanks to my lovely wife who convinced me that my South China Sea jottings could be turned into a doctorate and (just as importantly) made sure I did so...

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Congratulations to my fabulous, talented wife, Pam Cox, the new Member of Parliament for Colchester!

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11 months

I can think of a great way to ensure peace in the South China Sea. China could give up its bogus territorial and maritime claims there...

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The Ukrainian crisis must never be repeated in Asia, and regional security should be promoted through dialogue and cooperation. Attempts by certain forces outside the region to undermine peace in the South China Sea will not succeed. China is always willing to resolve differences

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Other generations may have stormed beaches and reached for the sky but for us, here, now, the defence of liberal democracy and the free and open rules-based international order demands the drinking of a lot of Australian wine.

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I guess Lithuania, Australia, the Philippines and South Korea might have a few things to say about this...

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China disapproves of the use of sanctions to solve problems, still less unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law. It has long been proved that sanctions, far from being a solution, will only create new problems.

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China is going to an extraordinary amount of effort to defend what is, in essence, a fictitious territorial claim in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Shows the power of bullshit narratives to motivate state action.

What lessons should the Philippines learn from the maritime incident?

Recently, the Philippines' illegal transportation of construction supplies to Ren'ai Jiao (also known as Ren'ai Reef) in NanSha Islands and China's countermeasures have attracted the attention of...

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1 year

Just been to the new @britishmuseum exhibition on ‘China’s Hidden Century’. It’s brilliant - and brilliantly subversive, subtly undermining so many Chinese nationalist narratives…

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5 years

Data crunched by @TheEconomist shows that China’s “maritime road” is more about defending international choke points than sourcing raw materials or seeking new markets via @TheEconomist

China’s “maritime road” looks more defensive than imperialist

Its foreign port-building focuses on protecting existing trade routes

www.economist.com

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3 years

ASEAN reactions to #Myanmarcoup so far: "Concern" Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore "Internal Affair" Cambodia, Thailand

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4 years

1/10 I’m very pleased to unveil the cover of my new book ‘The Invention of China’ due for publication in September 2020 by @YaleBooks . I thought I would explain why I think the cover - designed by @Mister_Kirby - is so great.

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China is blocking Vietnam and the Philippines from developing their own offshore gas resources in the South China Sea with threats of force. Instead, the two countries are importing LNG - with implications for national budgets, jobs and energy security.

Southeast Asia embraces LNG

Vietnam and the Philippines lay down a marker for the region’s growth prospects with new import terminals

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@StanfordsTravel So, ridiculous as it sounds, Indonesia’s current problems with China in the South China Sea are the results of poor translation and bad map-making in China in the 1930s. Beijing’s claim is based on ignorance.

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Looking at some old Chinese maps in the @SOAS library. This from 1934. No Spratly Islands of course but I’m interested in the way it asserts claims to Tibet and Mongolia (then both independent) but not Taiwan...

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So the correct response is either to laugh at China for maintaining this ridiculous territorial claim or be concerned that China is attempting to rewrite international law and claim bits of underwater seabed hundreds of miles from its shores. The End (of this thread, at least).

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Things you don’t expect to find in the English countryside - Sun Yat-sen’s holiday home! This house in the mid-Bedfordshire village of Cottered was often visited by Sun Yat-sen, ‘the first president of China’ because it was owned by his former medical tutor, Sir James Cantlie…

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3 years

Interesting that the former Head of BBC News Programmes, Gavin Allen, has just been appointed Executive Editor in Chief for Huawei Technologies...

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2 years

If Mr Putin’s aim was to construct a sense of deep nationhood in Ukraine, unite Europeans, trigger a new resolve in Western policy-making and make everyone come off the fence about his regime - then his war has been a massive success so far.

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Yabba dabba dooo! (Forgive my childish glee...) #TheInventionOfChina is here...

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If this really is political retaliation, it's evidence of the stupidity of Chinese foreign policy. To undermine the most pro-Chinese leadership that Vietnam has had since 2001 looks like self-inflicted injury. And it all goes back to China's bogus claims in the South China Sea...

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Hundreds of containers of bananas, dragonfruits & durians, on their way to China, have suddenly been stopped since 9 Sept. Vietnam’s Plant Protection Authority said it was for quality check but the timing raised some eyebrows. CN is VN’s biggest market for agriculture products.

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"Although Vietnam's power struggle is not about foreign policy, it will result in a turn towards China and away from the West." - I wrote a thing...

Vietnam’s political turmoil reveals a turn towards China – and away from the West

Following a power struggle within the Communist Party of Vietnam, it is clearer than ever that its new hard-line leadership has no interest in confrontation with China or being part of an ‘anti-Chi...

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Chinese scientists worry about the long-term viability of the South China Sea artificial islands. Academic study from the PRC National Defense University (in Chinese)👇

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The paperbacks have arrived! The beach-friendly version of ‘The Invention of China’ is here…

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Update on the slow coup/security takeover of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Report that General Lương Cường (formerly Director of the Army’s General Department of Politics) has replaced Truong Thi Mai as the head of the Communist Party Secretariat - a key position.

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In his 1936 'New Atlas of China’s Construction' 中華建設新圖 Bai included this map of his dream of China's rightful boundaries...

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4 years

Final proofread finished! Manuscript back to the publishers @YaleBooks now. #TheInventionOfChina should appear in mid-October (virus permitting)

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5 years

I tell the full story in my article for Modern China here I will also flesh out some of the characters involved, in my next book for @yalepress ‘The Invention of China’ due to be published in September. END OF THREAD!

The Modern Origins of China’s South China Sea Claims: Maps, Misunderstandings, and the Maritime...

This article offers a new account of the development of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. It argues that a collective Chinese belief in a “hist...

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@EvanFeigenbaum @CarlosLozadaWP And if you want bleak black and white cynicism, you can't do better than 'The Spy Who Came In From the Cold'

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3 years

On this day (21 July), 25 years ago, ASEAN foreign ministers first called for a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea. A quarter-century later, China is still blocking progress. Happy anniversary CoC discussions! Here’s to the next quarter-century!

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So the Zhongsha was completely invented. Nonetheless China is locked into the idiotic position of claiming a group of islands that don't actually exist. This tells us much of what we need to know about the haphazard way that its claim in the South China Sea was developed.

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Among its other functions, the Chinese consulate in Houston spied on - and occasionally threatened - the oil industry. Several incidents involving international energy companies, engineering consultants and sub-contractors working for Vietnam can be traced to its operatives.

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Appears the Chinese Consulate is conducting a "burn out" where all classified and sensitive materials are destroyed. #china #natsec

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There's clearly 'something' going on along the China-Vietnam border. Truck delays and now this is released to the world...

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"Seriously?" Soldiers from People Liberation Army shouting and throwing rocks at Vietnamese excavators along the Sino-Vietnam border. Civilian workers have been strengthing the river banks on the Vietnam's side to prevent landslides as the current picks up.

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The SouthChinaSea hypothetical scenario in @TheEconomist this week is exactly right - If America and China clash at sea: China crisis: October 2020

What if America and China clash at sea?

How might a maritime clash between the two superpowers affect America’s election? An imagined scenario from 2020

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2 years

Celebrate May Fourth with the freshly-published paperback edition of ‘The Invention of China’ - an exploration of the hybrid origins of Chinese nationalism…

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Ever wanted a 20-page summary of the history of the South China Sea during the colonial and post-independence periods? I’ve written one…

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7 years

Why won't Southeast Asian states celebrate their maritime history? Malaysia - it's pre-Islamic Indonesia - it's pre-Islamic Philippines - it's pre-Christian Vietnam - it's pre-Viet/Kinh Everywhere - it means celebrating the marginalised Badjao/Orang Laut/Sea Gypsy communities

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4 years

China paid Malta £21 million to cover the cost of buying and 'refurbishing' its Brussels embassy (left) directly opposite the European Commission (right). I'm sure it was simple generosity. Nothing to see here...

Jojje Olsson

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Latest Huawei spy activities: "According to Le Monde, British agents warned their Belgian counterparts that the Chinese were using Malta’s embassy as a 'spy tower' to eavesdrop the Commission building, which is in close proximity."

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Explaining what I mean by ‘The Invention of China’ for @Diplomat_APAC . Thanks to @sstrangio for the searching questions. If you like this, there a lot more in the book...!

Bill Hayton on the Invention of the Chinese Nation

“Particular memories of the past have been cultivated and popularized in China to justify the claims and actions of the current leadership.”

thediplomat.com

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So that's the real top triumvirate in Vietnam: • Communist Party General-Secretary (Trong), • Minister of Public Security (To Lam) • Head of the Communist Party Central Organisation Commission (Mai) The Leninist true believers and the securocrats are in charge

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It tells a lot, seeing To Lam and Truong Thi Mai were closest to Trong on Vietnam side (except the translator).

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3 years

Within a month, aircraft carriers from the US, UK and elsewhere could be cruising slowly along the coast of Myanmar. Should they do so?

Yes, R2P is good

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After six years when President Duterte didn't host a single senior Vietnamese leader, the Philippines is making a big effort to renew ties with Vietnam and work together on the South China Sea... by @Richeydarian via @asiatimesonline

Philippines-Vietnam teaming up on China in South China Sea - Asia Times

MANILA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has not only revitalized defense ties with traditional Western allies but has also doubled down on

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This is because Bai Meichu didn't understand the western maps he was copying and drew areas of shallow sea as islands. Here's one example - a map published by Stanfords in 1918 entitled 'Asiatic Archipelago'. You can see the Macclesfield Bank as an area of shallow sea...

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This is clearly a commercial oil survey that a Chinese government agency is undertaking in the Exclusive Economic Zone of another country. That's a clear violation of UNCLOS. Time for Malaysia to take China to an International Tribunal perhaps...

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The fifth day of Haiyang Dizhi 8's survey through roughly 4000 square km in Malaysia's EEZ, with its current position is about 175 nm from Malaysia's baseline. The average length of each survey line is 125 nm. How large the survey will expand?

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Where does China's paranoia about maps come from? In chap7 of #TheInventionOfChina I look at the ways this territorial anxiety was deliberately cultivated by the Nationalists in the 1930s with academic geography and racial science leading the way. To be published in October...

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Beijing to conduct campaigns cracking down on "problematic" maps that threaten national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity

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There are now more recorded cases of COVID-19 in my daughter's university flat (flat, not hall) than in New Zealand, Taiwan and Vietnam combined.

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Extraordinary reports from the top of Vietnamese politics. It seems that Truong Thi Mai has resigned. The in-fighting is extraordinary…

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4 years

The problem is that since China is now locked into this idiotic position it might try to 'reverse engineer' international law and say that it is entitled to claim underwater features as territory. It would rather try to overthrow centuries of agreement than admit its mistake.

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Lots of rumours that #Vietnam ’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is politically phucd. If true, unprecedented in recent decades. General-Secretary Trong breaking all precedents to clear out those his gang regards as insufficiently hard-line

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@TradingJeremy Well, it was constructed from prefabricated units. Portakabins...

New 1,000-bed Wuhan hospital takes its first coronavirus patients

Facility was built in less than two weeks in city at the centre of the viral outbreak

www.theguardian.com

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7 years

I don't think people have really taken on board what has happened in the South China Sea in the past month, so here's a thread to make clear

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5 years

This is my favourite description of the Belt and Road Initiative so far: "a highly centralized and coordinated marketing campaign attached to the less-coordinated activities of China’s state-owned enterprises and asset managers"

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Finally, the foreign policy parts only refers to community of shared destiny and there is no mention of Belt and Road in the whole communique. This is consistent with the regular weakening of Belt and Road chat over the past year

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The bizarre story of China's U-shaped line - it's really just a series of mistakes. The story finally published in 'Modern China' - by me. The Modern Origins of China’s South China Sea Claims: Maps, Misunderstandings, and the Maritime Geobody

The Modern Origins of China’s South China Sea Claims: Maps, Misunderstandings, and the Maritime...

This article offers a new account of the development of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. It argues that a collective Chinese belief in a “hist...

journals.sagepub.com

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But if you look closely at the South China Sea, you'll see the map is complete fiction...

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Alarming warning on the University of Tokyo campus. I hope I don't meet a Hitchcockian end before my presentation...

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The best thing I’ve read on 5G and Huawei so far - by someone who actually understands the tech - “there is no physical or logical separation between the core and edge of the network” via @aspi_org

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Really pleased to discover that the (traditional) Chinese edition of 'The Invention of China' (製造中國: 近代中國如何煉成的九個關鍵詞) has just been released in Taiwan by Rye Field Publishing (麥田出版股份有限公司)

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“In a surprise move, the Trump administration has issued a statement on the South China Sea that is consistent with international law, grounded in historical evidence, and completely in line with the expectations of the United States’ allies and partners.” My thoughts...

Foreign Policy

@ForeignPolicy

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The Trump administration’s recent move in the South China Sea gave South Asian nations hope for protection from China. But the U.S is unlikely to shed any blood for the cause, leaving regional governments’ alone in the fight, @bill_hayton writes.

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Obviously a lot going on in this tweet but it's weird that a Chinese nationalist should claim credit for the saving of 30,000 Jewish lives when in Shanghai when they actually fled to the colonial International Settlement of Shanghai because of its laissez-faire no-visa policy

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This is a grim story. Indonesian workers employed on Chinese fishing boats - 3 died at sea, bodies thrown overboard - "not allowed to drink bottled mineral water on the ship (reserved for Chinese crew) and were told to drink only filtered seawater"

The Jakarta Globe

@thejakartaglobe

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Indonesia Demands Investigation Into Sea Burials of Indonesian Crew on Chinese Fishing Vessel

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If you know about the history of the sovereignty disputes over the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea you may know of the 1890s dispute over the looting of shipwrecks in which Chinese officials allegedly denied any responsibility for the islands. Excited to see the documents!

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"until recently, the US had not disputed or objected to China’s claims" The US is neutral on the TERRITORIAL claims of all sides. It (& many other states) is not neutral on the unlawful MARITIME claims of the various sides. If you don't understand this, don't write the article

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Chinese diplomats often say that the WW2 allies promised the islands of the South China Sea to China. I explode the myth here...

FACTS

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In this piece, Dr. @bill_hayton presents historical evidences that debunks the claim that the allies promised the islands in the South China Sea to China.

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The urban, educated, better-off really want Leni to win. Sadly they’re a minority in the Philippines. I’ve seen this film before…

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Top view shot of Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue for #AngatBuhayPilipino Miting de Avance of VP @lenirobredo and Senator @kikopangilinan . Huge crowd expected to break the current 412,000 record of Pasay City. #Halalan2022 @ABSCBNNews

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Now let's look at a real map of the South China Sea... The Zhongsha islands are, in fact, an area of shallow sea called, in English, the 'Macclesfield Bank'.

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The U.K. didn’t complain when Chinese warships sailed through U.K. territorial waters last year. China doesn’t have a valid argument here. This is what international law looks like.

China complains over British warship sailing through disputed South China Sea

HMS Albion challenged by a Chinese frigate and two helicopters during freedom of navigation exercise

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"Xisha District is set to administer the Xisha and Zhongsha islands" - the problem is that the 'Zhongsha islands' don't actually exist.

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I've never seen this before. A photo of Sun Yat-sen's inauguration as 'Provisional President' of the Republic of China in Guangzhou, 29 December 1911. This photo archive is superb...

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That's through the Taiwan Strait folks...

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After a busy period working with partners and allies in the East China Sea, we are now en route through the Taiwan Strait to visit #Vietnam and the Vietnam People's Navy. #CSG21 International by design

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If you want my uneducated opinion, Australia’s acquisition of long range cruise missiles now is more important than its decision to build submarines that may go to sea in 15 years’ time...

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Jaw dropped

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Le Thanh Hai arrested for money laundering and transferring money abroad, causing a loss of 50 billion USD to the Vietnamese government; Collaborated with Chinese spies to sabotage the Vietnamese economy for 15 years in Ho Chi Minh City.

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"Chinese distant-water fleet... widespread, and harmful, economic, environmental and human consequences linked to overcapacity, high instances of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, destructive practises such as bottom trawling and the use of forced [ASEAN] labour"

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We urgently need greater #transparency in the fishing sector. “This is the only way we can be sure that we, as consumers, don’t end up eating slave-caught fish and driving the destruction of our ocean”, says @steventrent . Our new investigation of China's distant water fleet 📽️

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Looking forward to reading this! First, a point of caution to breathless reporters - this is about MARITIME claims, not TERRITORIAL claims.

Matthew Miller

@StateDeptSpox

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. @StateDept ’s latest study on the PRC's maritime claims in the South China Sea concludes that the claims are inconsistent with international law. We call on the PRC to conform its claims to international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention.

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Revised manuscript off to the publisher! Many thanks to the anonymous reviewers. ‘The invention of China’ should be out with ⁦ @yalepress ⁩ in mid-2020...

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2 years

Really pleased and proud to have been appointed the new editor of the @RSAsianAffairs journal ‘Asian Affairs’! Looking forward to reading all your submissions…

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@bill_hayton becomes Editor of Asian Affairs, the journal of @RSAsianAffairs published by @tandfonline on 1 August. Bill's backgrounds in journalism, research and at @CHAsiaPacific bring added strengths to the journal especially on #China and #Vietnam . Welcome Bill!

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The reason I wouldn’t be able to live in Germany: everyone waiting at the crossing even though there’s no traffic.

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3 years

More on that 1899 letter in which Qing China denied responsibility for the Paracel Islands - including very rare video of the researcher (me) at work... Good contextualising comments from @SteinTonnesson and @IanJStorey too... via @RadioFreeAsia

Archive Find Could Hurt China’s ‘Historic’ Claim to Paracel Islands

Vietnam, Taiwan and China all claim sovereignty over the Paracels which are now entirely under China’s control.

www.rfa.org

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@bill_hayton

4 years

Most of those islands don't actually exist - particularly the enormous ones in the middle of the sea

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@bill_hayton

4 years

A good moment to remember that 5 Paracel Islands - Pattle, Roberts, Drummond, Duncan & Money - are named after managers of the East India Company who organised the first survey of them in 1810. Chinese name for Money Island - Jinyin Dao is simply a translation of the English name

UK in Viet Nam🇬🇧🇻🇳

@UKinVietnam

4 years

@HMSEnterprise ’s presence in Vietnam will be an opportunity to exploit the MoU on hydrographic cooperation between 🇬🇧 and 🇻🇳 as well as to strengthen the links between the two countries’ Navies. #UKVN2020 @DefenceHQ @VNGovtPortal

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Bill Hayton

@bill_hayton

2 years

First sight of the draft cover for 'A Brief History of Vietnam' by @tuttlebooks - can't be long now...

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@bill_hayton

4 years

Do Chinese diplomats do diplomacy any more?

Stefan Talmon

@StefanTalmon

4 years

China to Germany: THE PERFORMANCE OF GERMANY HAS FAILED THE SECURITY COUNCIL - China’s stinging assessment of Germany’s two-year non-permanent membership of the SC and send-off of Germany's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Christoph Heusgen: no love lost

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8 years

While sitting on an #allmalepanel discussing #southchinasea I made a quick list of women who could replace me

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11 months

Great to be in #Toronto for the first time and finally meet the statue of Sun Yat-sen that graces the cover of my book ‘The Invention of China’. The statue has a fittingly hybrid origin story…

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3 years

China going after the Russians in the South China Sea now? Hai Tach is a joint venture between PetroVietnam and Gazprom...

Duan Dang

@duandang

3 years

Looks like China Coast Guard 5304 approached and harrassed Vietnam's Hai Thach platform (PQP-HT) in Block 5-02 in the South China Sea this morning. Commercial gas production from the Moc Tinh and Hai Thach fields offshore Vietnam began in 2013.

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@bill_hayton

4 years

It's named after a British ship, the Macclesfield, which informed the European world of its existence in 1701. The French named it the 'Banc des Anglais' and - I'm told - that the original Chinese name was translation of that - literally 'Sands of the barbarians with the red hair

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@bill_hayton

4 years

The virus shutdown has cleared Hanoi's air. It's been years since anyone saw those hills from the city centre.

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@bill_hayton

4 years

It was only when China decided to claim the Spratlys after the Second World War that the Macclesfield Bank was renamed 'Zhongsha' - 'central sands' and the name 'Nansha' was moved several hundred miles south to become the name for the Spratlys.

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5 years

Indonesia’s EEZ is claimed in line with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Indonesia has the rights to the resources up to 200 nautical miles from inhabited territory. But where does China’s ‘U-shaped line’ come from? (Map: @madeandi )

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@bill_hayton

5 years

The Philippines is trying to repair its runway on Thitu/Pagasa and expanding the island by 8 acres. In response China is massing as many as 95 vessels to try and obstruct the work. Great use of satellite imagery by @asiamti

Under Pressure: Philippine Construction Provokes a Paramilitary Response | Asia Maritime Transpar...

China has responded to new Philippine construction on Thitu Island by deploying a large fleet of ships from Subi Reef, just over 12 nautical miles away.

amti.csis.org

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Bill Hayton

@bill_hayton

1 year

In 1899, Sun Yat-sen commissioned a map of a country called 'Zhina' which divided 'Zhina proper' from its 'dependencies'. I'll be talking about the construction/invention of Chinese ideas of national territory for @RAS_Soc on Thursday...

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Bill Hayton

@bill_hayton

4 years

"Chinese research vessels, coast guard boats and underwater drones are making unwelcome incursions into Indonesian waters"

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Bill Hayton

@bill_hayton

4 years

It's taken six years since my book came out, but finally a response from some Chinese researchers. Let's see what they have to say...

SCS Probing Initiative

@SCS_PI

4 years

Let us explore the real history of the #SouthChinaSea . Prof. Zheng Zhihua @Zhengyimingdao will publish three articles in succession to discuss the misconceptions in the researches of Dr. Hayton @bill_hayton et al. Here is the first piece.

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@bill_hayton

3 years

@alessionaval In the wonderful @UkNatArchives lurking in a box full of other great documents from 1899

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@bill_hayton

4 years

At this point - because the Chinese government didn't claim the Spratly Islands at this time. The Macclesfield Bank was named the 'Nansha' - or 'Southern Sands' on Chinese maps

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