This article would help you know about the South China Sea dispute.No country is being favoured here.Just the dispute as it is in the front of world is being addressed here.Source of information is BBC.
A dispute:
SOUTH CHINA SEA
Spratly island may be tiny but it is strategically at the heart of the South China Sea and draws major attention in this dispute.Some of the islands are controlled by the Philippines,some by Vietnam,but most importantly,all of the Spratly island and whole of South China Sea are claimed by China and it is a claim that China is starting to enforce.But what benefit would one get by fighting for this tiny scrap of land?The significance of the place is that it has a runway and a really long one.There are only 2 islands in the whole of South China Sea which has runways.The other one is controlled by Taiwan.If one wants to control the sea,one would need aircraft.If one has aircraft,one needs runway.Now one would well understand why China wants to get its hand on this place.China is prepared to fight for territory.It is building its own aircraft carriers,submarines and long range missiles.Beijing is spending billions in building new island bases.They do not have good island so they are literally dredging up soil,dumping it into reef and creating new island.Beijing is trying to force Philippines out.
Unable to defend itself militarily,Philippines is trying something else which is colonization. Around 100 people live in this island.They are really poor.Government pays them so they are there.It would be very expensive for them to live a life in mainland and in this island everything is free.Having this colonization here is significant because it strengthens the Philippines claim to this island and makes it difficult for China to kick them out.Settlers have said that overfishing by Chinese trawlers have destroyed the fish stock.Philippines is seeking help from UN.
UN is trying to ensure stability.China is building new ultra silent submarines to keep out UN navy.China is trying to build a new air base in South China Sea.It wants to keep America and its allies out and wants to take control over South China Sea.
UN is trying to reach a solution and as the dispute is clear to us,we must also put a thought on this issue and help UN to reach a solution.
