美国早期对南沙群岛的关注及归属问题的考量——以九小岛事件为考察中心

Early U. S. Concern about the Nansha Islands and Her Consideration on Its Ownership——Taking the Nine Islets Incident as the Center of Investigation

南海九小岛事件发生后,美国政府相关部门注意到此事,但未提到相关议事日程上。在美国欧亚战略布局中,东亚及南海地区处于次要位置,这种地缘战略目标的设定限制了美国对他国角力于南海的关注与前瞻、剖析。南海航线和领土归属是性质不同的两个问题,美国对此采取完全不同立场,即对领土归属问题不介入,但对航线的战略价值定位却不断提高。对于菲律宾的领土界限,美国政府根据美西《巴黎条约》的规定,认为南沙群岛不属于菲之领土范围,对此日本外务省南海档案、美国报刊新闻亦可作有力佐证。然而菲政界某种暗流在潜滋暗长,企图从地缘战略关系角度提出南沙领土诉求。

After the nine islets incident in the South China Sea,relevant U. S. government departments noticed the matter but did not mention it on the relevant agenda. In the strategic layout of the United States in Europe and Asia,East Asia and the South China Sea are in a secondary position,and the setting of such a geostrategic goal limits the US attention to and prospective analysis of other countries＇ competition in the South China Sea. The maritime routes and territorial ownership in the south China sea are two issues of different nature,and the United States took a completely different position on this issue,that is,it did not intervene in the territorial ownership issue,but it continuously improved the strategic value and orientation of the maritime routes. As for the territorial boundaries of the Philippines,according to the Paris Treaty between the United States and the West,the United States Government considers that the Nansha Islands do not belong to the territory of the Philippines,which can also be strongly evidenced by the South China Sea archives of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the news reports of the United States press. However,there is some undercurrent in the Philippine political circles,which attempts to propose the territorial claim of the Nansha Islands from the perspective of geo-strategic relations.