论英国政府的南海政策(1920—1975)——以英国“外交部档案”为中心

On the British Government’s Policy on the South China Sea (1920-1975): Focusing on British Foreign Office Archives

作为并不显眼的涉事方,英国政府将其在19世纪六七十年代以来在南海踏查的斯巴特列岛和安波沙洲作为主权声索的对象,英国政府对法国20世纪20—30年代在南海的扩张虽奉行平衡牵制政策,实际上则是绥靖政策。20世纪50—70年代,英国政府内部主权声索的倾向抬头,但最终英国政府还是识时务地并没有公开提出主权声索,一方面表明其所谓证据难以自圆其说,另一方面也反映了英国政府较为务实的一面。

As a non-conspicuous party,the British government regards Spratley and Amboina Cay,which have been visited in the South China Sea since the 1960s and 1970s,as the object of its claim for sovereignty,while the British government pursued a policy of balance and restraint in the expansion of France in the South China Sea in the 1920s and 1930s,but in fact it was a policy of appeasement.In the 1950s and 1970s,the tendency of sovereignty voice within the British government increased,but ultimately the British government did not publicly claim for sovereignty in the current situation.On the one hand,it showed that the so-called evidence was difficult to justify,on the other hand,it also reflected the more pragmatic aspect of the British government.