MANILA, Philippines—Marine disputes between the Philippines, China
and Vietnam in the South China are ever more rising concerns among other Asian neighbors.
According to a poll survey released by a US group two weeks ago, the said
dispute could lead to armed engagements.
Recently, Pew Research Center has conducted a survey in 44
countries and found that 11 in all Asian nations polled, around more than a
half million of people say that they are concerned that the disputes will lead
to military conflicts.
The Agence France-Press
reported that around 93 percent were Filipinos were mostly concerned, followed
by the Japanese at 85 percent, the Vietnamese at 84 percent and the South
Koreans at 83 percent. In China alone, there are 62 percent of the public were
worried that the row could lead to any conflict.
The Philippines and Vietnam are now at the center of an
acrimonious disagreement, with China fueled by the hostile statements of its
territorial claims.
Pew reported, Beijing and Hanoi are involved in an increasingly
heated territorial row, which ignited by China’s placement last May of a main
oil rig in waters sued by Vietnam in the Paracel Islands. But the giant country
China has also encountered an increasing tension with Japan and Philippines
which both have taken appropriate steps
in the East and South China Seas. South China sea territories are claimed by several Asian countries.
