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Haiyang Shiyou 981 standoff refers to the tensions between China and Vietnam arising from the Chinese state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation moving its ''Haiyang Shiyou 981'' (known in Vietnam as "Hải Dương - 981") oil platform to waters near the disputed Paracel Islands in South China Sea, and the resulting Vietnamese efforts to prevent the platform from establishing a fixed position. According to an announcement by the Hainan Maritime Safety Administration of China, the drilling work of ''Haiyang Shiyou 981'' would last from May 2 to August 15, 2014.〔(航警14033（海洋石油981船南海钻井作业） )〕 On July 15, China announced that the platform had completed its work and withdrew it fully one month earlier than originally announced. The standoff is regarded by analysts as the most serious development in the territorial disputes between the two countries ever since the Johnson South Reef Skirmish in 1988 in which more than 70 Vietnamese soldiers were killed. ==Background== The Paracel Islands have been subject to territorial disputes between China, Taiwan and Vietnam in the 20th century. In 1974, China and the US-backed South Vietnam fought the Battle of the Paracel Islands in which China took over the entire archipelago. South Vietnam never relinquished its claims, while Chinese and Soviet-backed North Vietnam (which did not administer the islands) supported the 1958 Declaration by China claiming all of the Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, Macclesfield Bank and Pratas Islands.〔(http://www.mfa.gov.cn )〕 However, when North Vietnam reunited the country following the Vietnam War it repeated the former South Vietnamese claims. China claims the sea and land inside the "nine-dashed line" which covers about 80% of the South China Sea as its territory.〔〔 This claim is contested against by various countries in the region including Brunei, Malaysia, and the Philippines in addition to Vietnam. Republic of China (Taiwan) keeps the same claims as China and controls some islands from the 1940s when the date U-shaped eleven-dotted line was published. In 2001, China and ASEAN signed an agreement of the code of conduct between disputing countries in which they agreed neither side would make a unilateral move without consulting and negotiations with the other parties. While China and Vietnam are nominally brother socialist countries, relations have not always been cordial. In 1979, China invaded Vietnam in response to Vietnam invading the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge. The two countries sporadically fought until relations were reestablished in 1991. Due to one thousand years of Chinese domination and numerous Chinese invasions over the past two millennia, the Vietnamese public remain wary of Chinese actions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Haiyang Shiyou 981 standoff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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