After South Korea conducted "scientific research" on Su Yan Reef in the East China Sea of China (called Liyu Island in South Korea), it also conducted unilateral investigation and research on Sun Reef in the overlapping area of exclusive economic waters between China and South Korea, which triggered a strong protest from "China Volunteers Alliance for Defending Su Yan Reef". Members of the organization published the article "Thirty-six Questions of the Chinese Nation to South Korea" on the Internet, which caused repercussions, and netizens condemned the South Korean government in succession.
Wang Jianxing, known as "China's first person to defend the Su Yan Reef", said in an interview in Shenzhen on April 14: "Although the Sunri Reef is located in the overlapping waters of the exclusive economic zones of China and South Korea, there are disputes between the two countries, which should be resolved through negotiations and jointly developed. South Korea can't unilaterally conduct research and development in Xinri Reef. It is everyone's responsibility to care for the marine land and protect the soil. The Korean government has intensified its efforts and succeeded again and again. How can China people be indifferent? "
According to Wang Jianxing's disclosure, South Korea has built a "second base" on the new coastal reef in the Yellow Sea. Lee Jae-yong, director of the Policy Reporting Office of the Ministry of Marine of Korea, disclosed for the first time at a meeting in 2006 10 that South Korea would speed up the construction of the second base on Xin 'an Reef after "leaving the island". Wang Jianxing learned from the National Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea and the China-Korea Joint Research Center for Marine Science that South Korea has started to build an artificial island in Riqiu as an observation base. He said that the press center of China-Korea Joint Marine Science Research Center in Qingdao stated in its press release of 2007 1 month1day that "Korea is building a marine and meteorological observation base at Sunward Reef, 48 kilometers west of Xiaoheishan Island. It is understood that the purpose of building an observation base is to obtain scientific data, and the Korea Ocean Research Institute is responsible for the construction of the base. I hope that the base will not involve China and South Korea like Su Yan Reef. " The National Institute of Oceanography of Korea is responsible for the investigation and the National Institute of Oceanography of Korea is responsible for the construction.
Two years ago, after learning that South Korea was building a marine base in Suyan Reef, Wang Jianxing began to translate a large number of Korean marine historical documents, and found that Korean political and academic circles attached great importance to the ocean. As early as the 1970s, he had a strong sense of expanding and protecting the maritime territory, and began to take action in the early 1980s, unilaterally positioning Su Yan Reef and Sunward Reef as the southernmost and southwestern ends of South Korea. Wang Jianxing, 33, said that it is unrealistic to set the submarine reef as the pole of the national territory, because it is not an island and cannot be used as the base point of the territorial sea. Therefore, South Korea finally built Su Yan Reef and Sunward Reef into "islands" above the water, invested a lot of money in exploration and research, and began to build artificial buildings in 2000, including Su Yan Reef and Sunward Reef.
Wang Jianxing said that if there is no great resistance from neighboring countries on the Su Yan Reef issue, the ROK will continue to take action against the Japanese Reef; In the article "Sophie Su's Understanding in the East China Sea" published online on August 27th, 2006, he mentioned that "if China hesitates a little on the Su Yan Reef issue, South Korea's next goal will definitely be to attack the reef, which is still ringing in the ears, and sure enough".
At present, South Korea has accelerated the action of bringing Sunrise Reef into the territory. On 20061February 19, the Korean marine geographical names Committee held a meeting and unanimously passed the renaming of Sunrise Reef as "Gagio Reef" and giving it a new Korean name to prove that it is the "territory" of South Korea.
Wang Jianxing believes that apart from distinguishing the names of China and South Korea, the new name "Keju" hides a far-reaching strategy, which reflects South Korea's ambition to live on Japanese reefs. After the meeting, the South Korean government announced in the official newspaper that Japan Reef had obtained Korean nationality. The Korea Marine Investigation Institute also actively cooperated and reached an agreement with relevant authorities to carry out international registration and promote the renaming and registration of habitable reefs.
Wang Jianxing said that South Korea recently arranged an address for Sunrise Reef: the reef can live in Montenegro, Xin 'an County, Jeollanam-do. South Korea's claim is that the "habitable reef" is far away from the uninhabited island of China and close to Xiaoheishan Island, a small inhabited island in South Korea. South Korea has always denied that uninhabited islands such as Hengjiao and Waike Reef in Ma Kai, China can be used as the base point of territorial sea, and demanded that the Yellow Sea be demarcated by the middle line, so the habitable reef is located on the Korean side.
According to the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the sea area of China can extend to 200 nautical miles as the exclusive economic zone of China. Sunward Reef is a submarine reef, located on the continental shelf of China in the Yellow Sea, in the exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles of Dashan Island (off Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province), Machai Hengfeng (off Yancheng, Jiangsu Province) and Waike Reef, and it is a traditional fishing ground for generations of fishermen in Liaoning, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces. 1927 On March 29th, the Japanese navy warship Sunward ran aground in the Yellow Sea. More than four months after the accident, on August 14, the Japanese army went to investigate. After investigation, it found this coral reef with a water depth of seven meters, and named it Sunward Reef. Since then, China, South Korea and Japan have used this Chinese name in their nautical charts, nautical charts and fishery charts. All charts in China are marked with solar reefs, but the maps and atlases published by China and South Korea do not indicate the location of solar reefs.
At present, there are 35 "Honorary Residents of Su Yan Reef" on the Internet in China. Nowadays, China's "Defending Sophie Su Circle" (Sina Blog Circle) is extremely active, and "Baidu Su Yan Reef Bar" is also quite lively. When W** visited South Korea, an honorary resident of Su Yan Reef published "Thirty-six Questions of the Chinese Nation to South Korea", and hundreds of netizens followed suit. China netizens commented on Baidu's website "Sunward Reef Bar": Sunward Reef is close to Xiaoheishan Island in the westernmost part of South Korea, and China is too light at sea and too heavy on land. South Korea has built offshore platforms and artificial islands here, encircling the sea and swallowing the Yellow Sea, and Chinese people have to guard against it.
Su Yan Reef, located in the northern part of the East China Sea, is a submarine hill on the continental shelf of China. However, since 2002, the Korean government has invested 2 1200 million won (about12 million US dollars) to build an "off-island base of Korean comprehensive marine science" in Su Yan Reef. South Korea regards it as an extension of overseas territory. "Yeouido is the southernmost island in South Korea."
Wang Jianxing said that the Korean Institute of Oceanography held the "2007 Off-Island Academic Seminar" in the International Exchange Hall of Jeju University on March 9, 2007, and released the data collected by observation in the "Off-Island Integrated Marine Base" and the survey data outside the island. Participants discussed this, and the director of the Institute of Oceanography, the president of Jeju University, the director of the National Institute of Oceanography, the Minister of Policy Headquarters of the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries, and several members of Congress attended the meeting.
When W**, Prime Minister of the State Council, China, visited South Korea, activists in Su Yan Reef, China expressed strong dissatisfaction with South Korea's invasion of China waters. The fact is that the State Oceanic Administration of China published the 2006 China Marine Administrative Law Enforcement Bulletin in early April. The communique did not mention the monitoring of the "outlying islands of the Korean Comprehensive Marine Science Base" or the disputed waters between China and Japan, while the 2005 communique also mentioned the air and sea monitoring of Su Yan Reef. This is undoubtedly a big step backwards. The China Volunteers' Union for the Defence of Su Yan Reef is extremely dissatisfied with this.
In 2006 1 month, the State Oceanic Administration of China issued the "2005 China Marine Administrative Law Enforcement Bulletin", saying: "The China Maritime Supervision Corps conducted five cruise surveillance on offshore platforms off Korean islands." For the first time, it was announced to carry out monitoring activities at the comprehensive marine science base outside the island. China calls Su Yan Reef, which is located in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, 150 nautical miles east of Chongming Island, and claims that Su Yan Reef is located in the submarine hilly area of the Yangtze River Delta and is under the jurisdiction of China.
Wang Jianxing is currently working in Hainan. He said that in previous years, this kind of annual bulletin was published in 1 month, but it was delayed for three months in 2007, and it was published in official website of the State Oceanic Administration in early April, which undoubtedly created an atmosphere for W**' s visit to South Korea. The just-released China Marine Administrative Law Enforcement Bulletin did not mention these monitoring activities. "China authorities deliberately avoid mentioning this sensitive sea area".
China softened its position.
As far as Wang Jianxing knows, Qingdao Oceanic Bureau of China is cooperating with South Korea to develop the East China Sea, including Su Yan Reef. It seems that China is softening its sovereignty position. Wang Jianxing said that Sophie Su is located on the continental shelf of the East China Sea, and within China's territorial waters and 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone, foreign countries have no right to build bases on Su Yan Reef, and occupying the reef is an infringement on China's territorial sovereignty. As patriotic China people, we must solemnly declare our sovereign position.