3 central values that form the foundation of this country. Have these values developed in post more. Or is it to live by and defend the principles of unity justice and freedom in our everyday lives. Our german 3 part series starts october 21st t. W. This is deja news asia coming up newfound friends the Solomon Islands and china have recently established diplomatic ties china says this is to both countries benefit look at exactly how. But this comes at the cost of taiwan what options does president citing one have when taiwan keeps losing diplomatic allies to china. Im very strategy welcome to dublin years asia its good to have you with us an Island Paradise in the Pacific Ocean but now at the center of a strategic game of diplomatic chess this isnt a common description for the Solomon Islands but since it established diplomatic ties with china last month the u. S. And taiwan have sat up and taken notice. At the center of it all is the small island of an island with only about 1200. 00
a look at this map of the south china sea the red line that you can see here is what is known as the 9 dash line that is the day my cation line for china s unilateral claim to these voices if you look at the blue dots that those are the. those are the territorial claims of the other countries in the region now china claims it has an historic claim to these waters the un says there is no legal basis for such a claim but that doesn t seem to bother china there is an economic side to this these waters rich fisheries water there is also potential oil and gas reserves there this really comes down to military dominance now there are islands scattered across this area some of them are just shoals or tiny coral outcrops that was until beijing started developing them forming them into solid land and building harvest and military installations there so what is the connection between this situation