Thread: China 'building runway in disputed South China Sea island'

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

The Chinese government “refused compensation” for the British-insured copper because the islands were “high seas” and were not Chinese territory.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

uch minor impediments like facts

As revealed in a "copy" of an alleged but not found, official Chinese government document, by an English researcher.

Therefore, hearsay, m'Lords.

"What is the meaning of hearsay evidence?

evidence based on what has been reported to a witness by others rather than what he or she has observed or experienced (not generally admissible as evidence)"


As another suggests:

Originally Posted by misskit

Norwegian historian and South China Sea researcher Stein Tonnesson said the letter “may confirm other sources indicating that the Qing Empire did not at that time consider the Paracels as Chinese territory.”

“But in 1909 it did, and I’m not sure the lack of a claim in 1899 would invalidate a claim made 10 years later,” he said.

Whose opinion should one place above anothers?

MK's, who continues to post propaganda in "news" threads, a selection of interested researchers with books to sell or ....