China's LARGEST $500 Billion Artificial Island in The Middle of The Ocean
Summary
TLDR自2014年以来,中国在南中国海开始建造人造岛屿,一年内便创造了超过四平方公里的陆地。这些岛屿的建设不仅旨在扩大国土面积,还涉及到复杂的地缘政治任务,如对南沙群岛和西沙群岛的控制。这一地区对于中国及其邻国而言至关重要,不仅因为其海域内蕴藏着巨大的石油和天然气资源,而且还因为每年有价值超过三万亿美元的商品通过这里运输。通过建造人造岛屿和军事基地,中国旨在保护其在该地区的贸易路线和战略利益。然而,这些举措引发了包括越南、菲律宾、文莱、台湾和马来西亚在内的多个国家的担忧和抗议,同时也引起了国际社会,尤其是美国的关注。
Takeaways
- 😲 The creation of Chinese artificial islands in the South China Sea began in 2014
- 🚧 Chinese engineers managed to create land areas over 4 km2 in just one year
- 📍 The islands are built on existing submerged islands, underwater rocks or coral reefs
- 😎 China is increasing islands to gain control over the South China Sea
- 💰 The sea route is vital for trade between East Asia and Europe, worth $3 trillion in goods annually
- 🛢️ The waters may hold large oil and gas reserves
- 🐟 The sea is an important food source for surrounding countries
- 🗺️ China claims territory based on a 'nine-dash line' enclosing 90% of the sea
- ⚔️ Neighboring countries dispute China's claims, sometimes leading to conflicts
- 🏗️ Since 2013, China has expanded islands to build bases and infrastructure
- 🚢 The bases secure trade routes and project power over the globally vital sea
Q & A
中国在南中国海创建人工岛屿的主要目的是什么?
-主要目的是为了控制南中国海的地缘政治,确保其贸易路线的安全,同时也因其水域蕴藏的丰富的石油和天然气资源。
中国在南中国海创建人工岛屿的过程中使用了哪些技术手段?
-使用了特制的混凝土和特殊机器,从海底抽取沙子并喷洒至选定地点,人工增加岛屿数量。
南中国海对于周边国家和地区经济有什么重要性?
-南中国海是连接远东和东南亚与印度次大陆、非洲、中东及欧洲的重要海上贸易路线,每年有价值超过3万亿美元的货物通过此地,对于区域经济和全球贸易都至关重要。
为什么中国在南中国海的活动引起了亚洲邻国的担忧?
-因为这些活动被视为中国试图控制整个南中国海的尝试,这引发了地区紧张和领土争端。
根据中国的声明,南中国海的水域蕴藏着多少石油资源?
-中国地质矿产部门声称,南中国海可能蕴藏高达180亿桶的石油资源。
南中国海的战略价值除了是重要的贸易路线外,还包括哪些方面?
-除了是重要的贸易路线外,还因其蕴藏的石油和天然气资源以及丰富的海鲜资源,对于周边国家而言具有重要的经济和战略价值。
中国在南中国海创建人工岛屿的官方理由是什么?
-官方理由是为了改善岛上居民的工作和生活条件,提供避风港、导航援助和更好的天气预报等服务。
九段线是什么,它与南中国海的争议有何关联?
-九段线是中国用来声称对南中国海大部分区域拥有主权和海洋权利的界线。这一声称与区域内其他国家的领土主张相冲突,是南中国海争议的核心。
2021年9月成立的澳英美三边安全伙伴关系(AUKUS)的目的是什么?
-AUKUS的成立目的是作为遏制中国在南中国海活动的工具之一,其中包括支持澳大利亚建立自己的核潜艇舰队。
中国在南中国海的岛屿建设对环境有何影响?
-这些建设活动破坏了珊瑚礁生态系统,造成了生态损害,主要受影响的是自然环境,尤其是珊瑚礁。
Outlines
😊中国在南海填海造岛的历史和目的
这段描述了中国从2014年开始在南海的珊瑚岛礁上进行填海造陆的工程,以扩大岛屿面积,建设机场和军事设施。这是为了加强对南海的控制,保障贸易航线的安全。但这引起了周边国家的担忧。
😯九段线的由来和中国的岛屿主权争议
这段讲述了中国坚持的九段线在南海岛屿主权划分的起源,它可以追溯到20世纪40年代。这条线将90%的南海区域划为中国的范围。但周边国家如越南、菲律宾等对此有异议,导致岛屿主权争端不断。
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Keywords
💡人工岛
💡南海
💡九段线
💡岛礁扩建
💡地缘政治
💡争议领土
💡航运通道
💡海洋资源
💡军事基地
💡AUKUS
Highlights
中国于2014年在南海开始建设人工岛屿
一年内中国工程师建设了总面积超过4平方公里的多块陆地
人工岛屿的建设从地质勘探开始,选择合适的海底高地
中国从海床吸填沙子,直到形成足够高的陆地
中国的亚洲邻国认为这是企图占领整个南海的行为
南海海域每年通过的各种货物价值超过3万亿美元
南海据信蕴藏丰富的碳氢化合物储量
南海还是一个重要的渔场和食品来源
中国60%的对外贸易依赖南海这一地区
中国提出的“一带一路”倡议中,确保南海安全非常重要
中国宣称对南海90%的水域拥有主权
20世纪70年代,中国与邻国为岛屿主权发生多次武装冲突
2010年后,中国加快在有争议岛屿上建设军事基地
中国通过吸填在7个岛礁上新增了13.5平方公里的陆地面积
这使中国获得了新的海军基地,从而巩固其在南海的控制权
Transcripts
welcome to the Cairo show channel in
2014 the creation of Chinese artificial
Islands began in the South China Sea in
just one year Chinese Engineers managed
to create several land areas with a
total area of more than four square
kilometers the construction of such an
island begins with geological
exploration Specialists study the
Topography of the seabed and select
suitable Uplands these can be submerged
Islands underwater rocks or coral reefs
only after that building materials are
brought to the selected site this
includes special concrete intended for
hydro technical structures then special
machines lift the sand from the seabed
and sprayed in the chosen Direction
until a sufficiently high area of land
is formed
China washes giant sand masses on reefs
and Shoals artificially increasing the
number of islands China's Asian Rivals
see this activity as an attempt to take
over the entire South China Sea the
Chinese have been involved in creating
artificial Islands before for example
near Guangzhou new land areas were
needed solely to increase the land area
of the country now behind engineering
Solutions there are quite specific
geopolitical tasks such as control over
the Paracel Islands formally both
archipelagos are considered neutral
territory but Six States are fighting
for the right to possess them at once
China Vietnam the Philippines Brunei
Taiwan and Malaysia every year through
this part of the ocean various kinds of
goods worth more than three trillion
dollars move in One Direction or another
the sea route connecting the Far East
and Southeast Asia with the Indian
subcontinent Africa the Middle East and
Europe was established historically and
its strategic value has only grown with
the development of trade but the
importance of the South China Sea lies
not only in its Transit role according
to the Chinese authorities its Waters
hold phenomenal hydrocarbon reserves
that have not yet begun to be exploited
although oil was first discovered there
in 1968 estimates of the possible volume
of hydrocarbons vary
the ministry of geology and mineral
resources of China claims it could be as
much as 18 billion barrels of oil
although other sources indicate the
hydrocarbon potential of the sea is more
modest ranging from 1.1 billion to 11
billion
the third Factor determining the
importance of the South China Sea is its
use as a food source Seafood has always
played a key role in the Region's
traditional cuisine and the waters here
are particularly rich in it the
economies of most countries in the
region are directly dependent on the
smooth functioning of trade lines across
the South China Sea for example Japan
receives about 80 percent of all energy
Imports through the South China Sea
the figures concerning the People's
Republic of China are also impressive
about 60 percent of the country's total
foreign trade is tied to this part of
the world ocean and therefore the
attention that China pays to it and its
role there is logical and understandable
on the one hand China is trying to
diversify the logistics of its exports
by developing both land and combined
deliveries of its goods to the most
important areas for its economy on the
other hand Beijing of course is not
going to refuse seed Transportation
investing in foreign ports and
strategically important parts of the
world
the 21st century Maritime Silk Road
which includes long-term infrastructure
initiatives in which China is ready to
invest billions of dollars is a key
component of their well-known plan one
belt one Road in this regard ensuring
its own Security in the South China Sea
has become a matter of principle for the
country but the main means for this has
become a number of disputed territories
that have existed in these waters for
decades of course the existence of
several acapellagos of small Islands at
tolls or even just coral reefs in
different parts of the sea was no secret
to anyone however all these parasol
islands in the spratly islands barely
protruding from the water covered with
sand and shrubs acquired real value only
in the 20th century in May 1939 they
were occupied by the Japanese empire
using some of them for military purposes
after the defeat of Japan in World War
II realizing the growing importance of
these 250 patches of land the total area
of the spratly is less than five square
kilometers and the parasol Islands 7.8
square kilometers the countries of the
region became seriously interested in
them the problem was that their status
and ownership were not settled after
World War II against the background of
the just ended planetary conflict these
territories seemed too insignificant but
it soon became clear that they were
ready not only to argue for them but
even to fight for them
in the second half of the 20th century
the states surrounding the South China
Sea found themselves in tense relations
with each other
on one side was China a country that was
building communism but had fallen out
with the second Center of power in this
ideology the Soviet Union and on the
other side in the orbit of influence was
Vietnam united after the end of the
Vietnam War the Philippines was an
American Ally Indonesia at various times
in its history sympathized with either
the Socialist camp or the world of
capitalism
Malaysia's Ambitions also grew as it
developed rapidly economically there was
also the factor of Taiwan which China
has always considered an integral part
of against this background it is not
surprising that it was in the South
China Sea with all its islands that it
was not clear who belonged that the
interests of regional States as well as
the superpowers behind them clashed the
only country that can afford to claim
almost all the islands was China and its
policy in the South China Sea the
People's Republic of China was Guided by
the so-called nine-dash line the origins
of the nine-dash line can be traced back
to the mid-20th century the line first
appeared on a map published by the
Republic of China government in 1947
which was then under the leadership of
the kumuntain party
the nine-dash line is a demarcation line
used by the People's Republic of China
to claim territorial sovereignty and
Maritime rights over a vast portion of
the South China Sea it consists of a
series of connected dashes or line
segments that enclose an area
encompassing roughly 90 percent of the
South China Sea China's Neighbors in the
region have their own opinion on this
matter Vietnam claimed part of the
parasol Islands the Philippines Malaysia
the same Vietnam and even Brunei claimed
the spratly islands in 1974 the matter
even came to an armed conflict between
China and South Vietnam which was on the
verge of defeat in its war with the
Communist North
the result of ship skirmishes during
which there were human casualties was
the establishment by the People's
Republic of China of control over a
number of disputed territories for a
long time China lagged behind in the
military development of the controlled
Islands limiting itself to the
organization of observation posts and
the presence of small garrisons but in
the 2010 there was a fundamental change
in China at its usual Pace in 2013 moved
to actively convert these pieces of land
into bases which were designed to ensure
control over the entire sea area
the size of most of the islands that
China inherited did not allow for any
large-scale construction many of them
were coral reefs but by Chinese
standards this was a modest challenge to
the country's engineering capabilities
essentially China embarked on a
significant expansion of the territories
under its control the algorithm was very
simple with the help of special ships
sand was taken from the bottom of the
South China Sea which was sent through a
pipe system to the desired Island where
it was used to create new square meters
of the required additional area the
official reason for the creation of such
lands was to improve the working and
living conditions of the people living
on the islands it was supposed that with
the help of the newly created
infrastructure it would be provided
shelter navigation assistance better
weather forecast for the fishermen and
sailors of the merchant Fleet at the
same time convenient deep harbors were
created the coasts were strengthened
against storms and typhoons and three
full-fledged airfields were built in a
short time
hundreds of vessels were involved in the
work and the flagship was the giant
xinjiang Hao Asia's largest treasure the
result was impressive only on the seven
reefs where the most active work was
carried out the Chinese have washed 13.5
square kilometers of additional land
which was comparable to the total area
of the two largest archipelagos spratly
and parasol the humanitarian aspects of
creating such a colossal infrastructure
most likely were only of additional
importance thanks to this project China
first of all received new Naval bases
including those of military importance
experts who have analyzed the available
satellite images claim that the alluvial
territories contain not only the
airfields mentioned above but also
communication centers Radars air defense
systems as well as missile attack
Warning Systems it is obvious that
thanks to these largely artificial
Islands China expects to secure its
trade routes in case of possible
military and political crisis
considering that the South China Sea
plays a key role for the economy of the
entire planet according to experts up to
a quarter of all World Trade somehow
passes through it the issue is already
becoming Global that is why China's
initiatives are of concern to the powers
that are now generally considered to be
China's adversaries in September 2021
August an alliance of Australia Britain
and the United States was created within
its framework as it is supposed
Australia will be able to build its own
nuclear submarine Fleet and the alliance
itself is positioned as an instrument of
deterrence of Chinese activity in the
area of the South China Sea China on the
contrary protests against the emergence
of August and seems to continue to
develop territories with might and Maine
despite their still controversial status
Vietnam is also engaged in similar
activities only on a more modest scale
as usual Nature has suffered most from
all these geopolitical Maneuvers but the
fate of destroyed coral reefs against
the background of what is happening in
the world worries only ecologists other
people of Good Will can only hope that
the mutual demonstration of weapons the
U.S regularly and defiantly sends its
warships to the Waters of the South
China Sea will not lead to another
hotbed of international tension on the
world map
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