Stages On The Evolution Of The South China Sea Area History

The South China Sea Area refers to the South China Sea and its surrounding countries andregions. It refers to the South China Sea as the center, highly similar on the history and culture,close contact with the sea surrounding countries and regions in the geographicalposition, its scope includes China and11Southeast Asian countries. The South China SeaArea is vast in territory, its population is numerous, the geographical position is superior,transportation is convenient, it has a long history, and it is the intersection of the eastern andwestern cultures, meanwhile, the development of the history of the South China Ssea Area hasits own characteristics.Based on the evolution history of the South China Sea Area, its historical process isdivided into five stages, namely primitive time phase (prehistory–1st century), the earlynational phase (1st century-the10th century), kingship and the overall development stage(10th century-1511), the colonial and semi-colonial stage (1511-1945) and the independentand the regional integration stage (since1945), each stage has the typical characteristics. Inthe first stage, from the generation of human to the1st century AD, the area of humanexperience the development of the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, creates a rich and colorfuloriginal culture, history in the South China Sea Area wrote a unique chapter in thedevelopment process of, that the South China Sea Area is also one of the important origin ofhuman beings. In the second stage, the South China Sea Area has appeared a series of earlystates, to the primary stage of the feudal state productivity had huge development, the feudalpolitical system gradually mature, the interaction between countries becomes more and morefrequent, the formation of the maritime silk route of the South China Sea, become theimportant link of regional integration development. Since the tenth century, the South ChinaSea Area to enter the third stage, namely the kingship reinforcement and the overalldevelopment stage, during this period, the integrity of the regional characteristics becomemore and more obvious, the regional trade and economic exchanges become more frequent.Zheng he’s feat has played an important role in promoting the regional overall development.In the fourth stage, the South China Sea Area has invaded from Europe, Japan and American,three main external forces, fierce competition powers, devastated economy, enslave the people, hinders the social development, the regional countries quickly colony and semi colony.At the same time, the colonial oppression caused the regional people’s heroic struggle,countries to support each other, common struggle, finally after the second world war havewon the national liberation and independence. In the fifth stage, the independent countriesstrengthen the contact and cooperation in various fields, after the war against imperialism andpower politics on the path of unity and cooperation, and seek common development,especially in the end of the20th century, with the development of the trend of economicglobalization and regional integration, especially the close ties between China and ASEAN,the history of the South China Sea Area into a new historical stage. Entering the21st century,the new situation brings new ideas, the integrity of the history of the South China Sea Area ismore obvious, the wholeness has increasingly attracted people’s attention, the development ofthe regional cooperation prospect broader, the south China Sea Area in the whole world isbecoming more and more important role on the stage.