#the south china sea

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Eden's whale "Balaenoptera" edeni

With menhaden Brevoortia sp.

Observed by haitongyu, CC BY-NC

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Jack Lenor Larsen South China Sea Textile 1972

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Been trying to think of a way to explain to American audiences why the 9 dash line thing is so important to SEAsians and why it's justifiable to ban the Barbie movie for it, but the closest explanation I can give is this: imagine if this painting was in the Barbie movie with no explanation and we were all just supposed to accept it without comment

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900 Artifacts From Ming Dynasty Shipwrecks Found in South China Sea

The trove of objects—including pottery, porcelain, shells and coins—was found roughly a mile below the surface.

Underwater archaeologists in China have recovered more than 900 artifacts from two merchant vessels that sank to the bottom of the South China Sea during the Ming dynasty.

The ships are located roughly a mile below the surface some 93 miles southeast of the island of Hainan, reports the South China Morning Post’s Kamun Lai. They are situated about 14 miles apart from one another.

During three phases over the past year, researchers hauled up 890 objects from the first vessel, including copper coins, pottery and porcelain, according to a statement from China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA). That’s just a small fraction of the more than 10,000 items found at the site. Archaeologists suspect the vessel was transporting porcelain from Jingdezhen, China, when it sank.

The team recovered 38 items from the second ship, including shells, deer antlers, porcelain, pottery and ebony logs that likely originated from somewhere in the Indian Ocean.

Archaeologists think the ships operated during different parts of the Ming dynasty, which lasted from 1368 to 1644.

Many of the artifacts came from the Zhengde period of the Ming dynasty, which spanned 1505 to 1521. But others may be older, dating back to the time of Emperor Hongzhi, who reigned from 1487 to 1505, as Chris Oberholtz reported last year.

Archaeologists used manned and unmanned submersibles to collect the artifacts and gather sediment samples from the sea floor. They also documented the wreck sites with high-definition underwater cameras and a 3D laser scanner.

The project was a collaboration between the National Center for Archaeology, the Chinese Academy of Science and a museum in Hainan.

“The discovery provides evidence that Chinese ancestors developed, utilized and traveled to and from the South China Sea, with the two shipwrecks serving as important witnesses to trade and cultural exchanges along the ancient Maritime Silk Road,” says Guan Qiang, deputy head of the NCHA, in the agency’s statement.

During the Ming dynasty, China’s population doubled, and the country formed vital cultural ties with the West. Ming porcelain, with its classic blue and white color scheme, became an especially popular export. China also exported silk and imported new foods, including peanuts and sweet potatoes.

The period had its own distinctive artistic aesthetic. As the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art writes, “Palace painters excelled in religious themes, moralizing narrative subjects, auspicious bird-and-flower motifs and large-scale landscape compositions.”

The shipwreck treasures aren’t the only recent discoveries in the South China Sea, according to CBS News’ Stephen Smith. Just last month, officials announced the discovery of a World War II-era American Navy submarine off the Philippine island of Luzon.

By Sarah Kuta.

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Area Claimed by the People's Republic of China in the South China Sea.

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Video shows the dramatic China - Philippines clash in the Second Thomas Shoal / Ayungin Shoal (RenaiReef) in the South China Sea / West Philippine Sea on 17 June 2024.

Today, two Chinese warships were spotted near Onok Island in Balabac, Palawan,

GMA Integrated News reports.

-https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/6/20/video-shows-dramatic-china-philippines-clash-in-disputed-waters

-https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3267393/they-were-pirates-philippines-slams-chinas-forceful-actions-new-sea-skirmish

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Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann in promotional photos for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. (2007)

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So... Palestine:

-is an actual ethnostate

-Has no REAL freedom of religion

-violate woman rights

-... Violate HUMAN rights...

-was proven to use schools, houses and hospitals as terror base with weapons- which are war crimes

-kidnapped people-again, war crime

-makes missiles out water pipes... AGAIN a WAR crime

-bombed a children section in a hospital in south israel. AND YET AGAIN🙌🏻 A WAR CRIME

-Tried to bomb al aqsa like 2 or 3 times

-Genociding their christian community(im not even talking what would've happen to the jewish communities if they had any)

-literally ripped jewish people to shreds and walked around with their organs and celebrated it like its some kind of barbaric pagan human sacrifice from 2,000 years ago

-Has gender apartheid

-Homophobic as fUck with legal death punishment for queer people

-Antisemic like nazi germany

-Fought WITH the nazis

-Still support nazism, do the nazi salute, sell hitlers book, protest with swastikas, has stores under his name bc(and i quote a palestinian from the west back) "he has killed the most jews"

-advocates for murder of the "cursed" jews since childhood and teaches little kids to be shahid terrorists since VERY young age

-has a corrupt government like pakistan

-was proven to lie about hospital bombing, rape in al shifa and show pictures of victims of the syrian, armenian, afghanistan, iraqi and other wars and claim that they are all palestinians

-claimed that england stole the big ben from them💀

-claims that the flag of England represents palestine💀

-is supported by north korea, russia, south africa, yemen, china and iran: all apartheid states with corrupt dictators that violate human rights

-literally call black palestinians "slaves" (abeed)

-would rather film their kids getting blown to pieces than take them to a safe place

-celebrates the 9/11

-celebrated when hezbolla killed 12 druze kids

-hates the israeli druze

-hates israeli palestinians

-rape

-still do honor killing

-start all the wars since 1900's and then cry about them,,..,, like bffr💀

-their journalists were proven to be part of any terrorist group(either hamas, PFLP(ehem ehem bisan) or pij)

-A lot of their doctors have a certificate of being hamas members

Like sheesh even if i was anti israeli anti zionist no way in HELL would i support palestine as a country💀

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1978 Philippines, South China Sea

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Not Barbie siding with CCP territorial claims 😭

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Chinese humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis chinensis

Observed by jameslambo, CC BY-NC

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Fisherman in the early morning light, Halong Bay, Vietnam

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Jumy-M Lost Summer / マレー半島横断の旅

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500-Year-Old Shipwrecks With Porcelain and Wood Discovered in South China Sea

Hundreds of years ago, the Ming dynasty relied on maritime trade to import key goods from foreign countries.

Now, the discovery of two Ming-era shipwrecks in the South China Sea is giving experts a better idea at what that trade looked like.

The shipwrecks were discovered about 1 mile below sea level on the northwest slope of the South China Sea, according to a May 22 news release from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage via the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Here’s what archaeologists have found in the shipwrecks so far.

A TROVE OF PORCELAIN

Experts determined that the first shipwreck dates to the Zhengde period of the Ming dynasty — which lasted from 1506 until 1521.

The wreck was overflowing with porcelain goods, including bowls, cups, plates and jars in various glaze colors, officials said.

More than 100,000 relics, mostly made of porcelain, have been uncovered so far, and experts said they are spread across hundreds of thousands of square feet.

Photos from the discovery show stacks of porcelain pottery. Although most of the pieces are covered with sand and dirt, ornate, colorful patterns are still visible beneath the grime.

STACKS OF LOGS AND POTTERY

The second, older shipwreck dated to the Hongzhi period of the Ming dynasty — which lasted from 1488 until 1505.

At this site, experts found stacks of logs and some pottery, according to officials. The persimmon logs were all a similar size and were neatly stacked.

Further research revealed that the logs could have been intended for shipbuilding, experts said. Chinese literature indicates that most products used to build ships were imported from foreign countries, according to the release.

A UNIQUE DISCOVERY

Archaeologists said their discovery marks the first time ancient ships sailing and returning have been found in the same area, indicating that they were likely on an important trade route.

Experts will continue researching and monitoring the wrecks, and they hope to learn more about ancient maritime trade routes and cultural exchanges, they said.

By Moira Ritter.

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WW2 Map of the South China Sea

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Another Hainan gibbon sits on a branch; they rarely set foot on the ground, living only in rainforest trees more than 10 meters high. The critically endangered black-crested apes can only be found in Hainan, an island in the South China Sea south-west of Hong Kong. It’s thought that populations across the rest of the island have been extinct for more than 20 years

Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock