Topic: Security Cooperation in East Asia
Country: China
Delegate Name: DiSec-Security Cooperation
School: Mattawan High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All China position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
The recent international political climate regarding East Asian security is perhaps the most dramatic this world has seen since the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. It is clear the United States and other western imperialist nations have evoked a mud-slinging campaign against many east Asian nations, the DPRK and the People’s Republic of China in particular, in regards to our nuclear capacity and armed forces. The United States has even gone as far as installing anti-ballistic-missile systems in other less developed nations (such as the Republic of Korea) in the hopes of weakening and drawing legitimacy from China’s own nuclear stockpiles.
The People’s Republic of China recognizes this recent change in regional security cooperation, yet this changing regional security architecture is not completely by our design. China has solely reacted to the grasps of the United States and other western nations at the national sovereignty of East Asian nations, again, such as the DPRK and the People’s Republic of China. The People’s Republic of China has had no choice but to increase both our Navy and land forces to prepare for any unwarranted stunts or attacks at our national sovereignty by western imperialist nations.
Yet, this is not the only aspect of the recent change in regional security that concerns us. The recent actions of Japan, with their calls for an abandonment of their long-held pacifist principals and the expansion of their Self-Defense Forces is of grave concern. Japan’s uncalled-for and unwarranted need to react in proactive measures in terms of their military is, simply put, unnecessary. The People’s Republic of China sees this as an issue; it will cause regional tensions over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands to escalate far beyond where they are now. This is a statement we believe the Republic of China and South Korea will agree with.
In the eyes of the People’s Republic of China, the solution to the issue of the THADD missile system conflict is clear; anything less than the removal of the THADD system would be unsatisfactory. This is an issue that the People’s Republic of China is not willing to compromise on. But as far as Mainland Japan’s desires to abandon pacifism and focus on a proactive military build-up, we hope this committee will recognize this stunt is unnecessary and will only result in further tensions between East Asian nations.
The People’s Republic of China hopes that the Disarmament and International Security Committee of the United Nations recognizes the negative international ramifications that a resolution unfavorable to China will cause, and will move to resolve this issue swiftly in order to avoid further conflict.
