Zhihu, how did the situation in the South China Sea come to this?

Before 1 and 1930s, there was no international dispute over the sovereignty of Nansha Islands in China. Many maps and encyclopedias in the world indicated that Nansha Islands belonged to China.

2. After World War II, the United States actually recognized China's sovereignty over Nansha Islands for a long time. The United States has made clear its position of recognizing China's sovereignty over Nansha Islands through diplomatic inquiry, application for survey and notification of overflight plan. The authorities of Taiwan Province Province in China also received American military personnel on the relevant islands and reefs in Nansha. For a long time, the United States has never been clear about the crazy actions of the Philippines, Viet Nam and other countries to seize the islands and reefs in Nansha, but it has repeatedly consulted the authorities of Taiwan Province Province on the sovereignty of these islands and reefs. At the same time, the maps and books published by the United States, such as lippincott Dictionary of World Geographical Names, Wildmeck National Encyclopedia and World Regional Encyclopedia, also confirmed China's sovereignty over the South China Sea Islands.

3. The policy dilemma of the United States on the South China Sea issue during the Cold War is that although China's sovereignty over these islands and reefs should be recognized based on morality and international law, on the other hand, for the sake of advancing the Asia-Pacific strategy, the United States is unwilling to let Chinese mainland occupy these islands and reefs, and even more unwilling to damage its relations with allies such as the Philippines.

4. At the beginning of the 20th century, with the end of the Cold War, the relations between Asia-Pacific countries eased, economic development became the main tone, and China's relations with Southeast Asian countries and ASEAN entered the fast lane. During this period, the rapid development of China-ASEAN relations basically concealed the ups and downs of the situation in the South China Sea. In order to ease tensions, China mentioned

He put forward the idea of "shelving disputes and jointly developing" and signed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea with ASEAN countries.

5. Since 2009, the situation in the South China Sea has been tense. Before 2009, despite all kinds of frictions, the situation in the South China Sea was generally controllable, and the complex turning point of the situation occurred around 2009, which was related to the deadline for the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to submit information on the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. The adjustment of the US Asia-Pacific strategy was a greater stimulus.