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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Position Paper 6

Context: This paper was written by my brother for a junior conference. He ended up winning 2nd Best Delegate at this conference.


[Committee: The United Nations Security Council 

Delegation: The People’s Republic of China 

Agenda: Addressing the Rising Tensions and the Current Situation in the South China Sea]


'“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War

 

In the modern era, we see the rise of many tensions in the societies we live, work and interact. But sometimes, we witness a specimen of tensions that seem to increase exponentially, the foremost in this conference being the South China Sea, a hotbed of controversies. With the advent of these tensions, China seeks to be diplomatic but firm in its decisions about the South China Sea Tensions. We are here to state our stances, expose the problem, and propose unique solutions to resolve these tensions.

 

Let us discuss about how China relates with each sub-agenda that might result from the agenda on the whole. The agenda divides into three main sub-topics:


·   a) The influence of China in the South China Sea along with its security implications:

China holds a firm stance on this sub-topic that we will not falter in our attempt to be a powerful nation in the South China Sea. We are already a great and accepted political force among the South-East Asian nations and have not posed a security threat for the world by being influential in the South China Sea. Excepting the tension between China, Taiwan, India, and the other ASEAN nations bordering the South China Sea, we have kept in peace with the rest of the world on this front.

 

·   b) The invasion of Taiwan by China:

Taiwan is a very privileged and resource-rich nation, and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation is the major company in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. This industry makes up over 60% of the semiconductors and 90% of the advanced semiconductors produced in the world. China owning Taiwan will make China own 90% of the world’s advanced chips. This will, consequentially, boost China’s GDP and Taiwan’s GDP. The One China policy is a diplomatic acknowledgement that there is one China. This makes the U.S.A. (who has subscribed to this policy) forced to recognize ties with China and not Taiwan. Taiwan is a breakaway province we hope will get unified to the Chinese mainland. The One China policy ensures security for Taiwan and an economic benefit for China. This is the main reasons why we are pressurizing Taiwan to join to the Chinese mainland and are willing to invade Taiwan if necessary.

 

·   c) The various tensions between the ASEAN nations and China over the control of the South China Sea:

We have passed the Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, which lays out our historical right to the entire South China Sea as it was culturally under the control of China from 200 BCE to 9 CE. This includes our claim on island groups like the Paracel, Spratly and Pratas Islands, along with the Macclesfield Bank. We clearly pronounce our claims on these regions to be legitimate.

 

As a proponent of peace and security, China proposes these solutions to abate the tensions in the South China Sea:

·   1) Create a new committee titled the “Sino-ASEAN Maritime Security Committee,” which will bring together the ASEAN nations and China to the negotiating table, to ensure maritime security between nations, so that foreign shipments coming into the ASEAN territories can use the Malacca and the Taiwanese straits without fear of being caught in maritime combat.

 

·   2) Set up a treaty called the “The Sino-ASEAN Normalization Treaty” to normalize relationships between China and the ASEAN nations. We, if possible, can even redraw our maritime territories that China and the ASEAN nations, even if it has to mean our sacrifice of territory to ensure world security in South-East Asia.

 

·   3) Conduct military drills to show our solidarity with Taiwan so as to give it the honest impression that China is the optimum land to join to. China will make it a prosperous island, furnished with even more opportunities, trading with us and the world, flourishing, by joining with the Chinese Mainland.

 

The People’s Republic of China concludes by stating that we will face skirmishes and lot of backlashes on the way to world peace, but we will get to it together, China, and the whole world.

 

Bibliography:

1)    The history of maritime disputes in China:

 https://www.cfr.org/timeline/chinas-maritime-disputes

2)    Taiwan’s efficient dealings with their recent earthquake:

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/resilient-taiwan-responded-fast-earthquake-after-years-honing-skills-2024-04-04/

3)    History of the South China Sea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YFnLhAYe9k

4)    The One-China policy:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38285354

5)    Domination of Taiwan in the semiconductor chip industry:

https://www.economist.com/special-report/2023/03/06/taiwans-dominance-of-the-chip-industry-makes-it-more-important'

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