Who really owns the China Sea?

"Life would sure be a lot simpler if countries like Ukraine and Taiwan could vote to see if they wanted to be part of Russia or Red China. If the vote came up no, then case closed. Russia and Red China would have no right to those counties. Sovereign countries are sovereign countries."

Who really owns the China Sea? I suppose if you asked Chairman Xi, he would tell you he does. Especially the South China Sea. And who gave him the right to say that? Well, he did. But here are the facts. All ocean, save for a country's claim of territorial or economic border, is international water. China has a 12 nautical mile territorial sea, a 24 mile contiguous zone, and a 200 mile exclusive economic zone. That is it. That is all they may lay claim to (legally). 

The country of Taiwan has some interesting borders. It lies between the East China Sea, the South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, the Taiwan Straight, and the Luzon Straight. It is about 100 miles from Red China. In nobody's legal definition, does Taiwan fall within Red China's legal territory. Sorry - those are just the facts.

The Speaker of the House might be flying to Taiwan for a visit. In the eyes of the Chinese, this is like insulting their mothers. So what is the problem? Do we need to violate Chinese air space to get to Taiwan? No. Will this trip be a threat to Red China? Again, no. But in the mind of Xi, the expansionist dictator, Taiwan belongs to him. Taiwan is a rogue state, which belongs to Red China. For us to visit Taiwan without Xi's consent, is tantamount to an act of war.

If the shoe were on the other foot, and Xi wanted to visit Canada or Mexico for trade talks, and we told him no, as those two countries kind of belonged to us, that would not stand. First off, both Canada and Mexico would say they do not belong to us (kind of like Taiwan telling China that). And we would have no international standing to tell China to stay away (kind of like China has no legal standing to tell us to stay away from Taiwan).

The one good thing which has happened this year, is the makeup is off the pigs. Both Russia and China have shown the world just what they are. Brutal dictators. Expansionists. Hegemonists. Murderers. Human rights abusers. And in Russia's case - war criminals.

If push comes to shove in the western Pacific, things could turn ugly real fast. It would not just be the United States going against Red China - Japan, the PI, Australia, South Korea, Viet Nam, and maybe NATO could also be involved on our side. Russia has already said they are supporting Red China. That would leave the door open for North Korea, and Iran to also join the fray. It would be another world war.

Life would sure be a lot simpler if countries like Ukraine and Taiwan could vote to see if they wanted to be part of Russia or Red China. If the vote came up no, then case closed. Russia and Red China would have no right to those counties. Sovereign countries are sovereign countries. Period. If we don't abide by that, we are no better than we were 1,000 years ago. Might makes right. If we conquer you, then it sucks being you.