Is China Stealing Indonesia's Natuna Islands?

China and Indonesia have always maintained to have no territorial disputes in the South China Sea, but that might change. It began with a changed attitude between the two country's navies after an encroachment of Chinese fishing vessels into Indonesia's Exclusive Economic Zone, and it escalated after Indonesias started drilling oil in disputed waters.

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MAIN SOURCES:

Indonesia Leans Further Toward US Amid Growing Maritime Dispute With China (VOA):
https://www.voanews.com/a/indonesia-l...

Remote Military Outpost will Help Indonesia Resist Chinese Maritime Expansion (VOA):
https://www.voanews.com/a/indonesia-m...

China Demanded Halt to Indonesian Drilling Near Natuna Islands: Report (The Diplomat):
https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/china...

EXCLUSIVE China protested Indonesian drilling, military exercises (Reuters):
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pa...

To deter Chinese sea claims, Indonesia puts its fishers on the front line
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/01/nat...

Did the Natuna Incident Shake Indonesia-China Relations? (Yosof Ishak Intitute):
https://www.iseas.edu.sg/images/pdf/I...

The Natuna Islands: 'Malaysian in geography', Indonesian in sovereignty (Astro Awani):
https://www.astroawani.com/berita-dun...

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