WANG Jing
(№.1,2013)
Abstract: The geographical situation of the South Sea had a fundamental change in the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century. The United States and the Soviet Union launched a hot competition for geographical interests in the South Sea region. The Soviet Union made use of the opportunity when the United States was involved in the Indochina War to speed up its global expansion. The Southeast Asian region was the priority of its expansion. Vietnam’s south seaports the Cam Ranh Bay and Da Nang, etc. became the objectives the Soviet Union tried to occupy. This is because the Southeast Asian region was the junction of Pacifi c and the Indian Ocean and also a neighbor south of China. The Soviet Union adopted an opportunist standpoint on the ownership of the islands of the South Sea and denied their ownership belonging to China as it accepted before.
Key words: Soviet Union; islands of the South Sea; policy; geographical situation
