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Ads by Google      South China Sea Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The South China Sea Islands were collectively named the Tough Heads of the Surging Sea (漲海崎頭 Zhànghǎi Qítóu) and Coral Cays (珊瑚洲 Shanhu Zhou) since their discovery by the Chinese in the Qin Dynasty. Brunei's and Indonesia's claims are not on any island, but on the sea. The PRC strongly asserted its claims to the islands, but in the late 1990's, under the new security concept, the PRC put its claims much less strongly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea_Islands      South China Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A number of nations, particularly the Philippines which knows it as the Luzon Sea, object to the name "South China Sea", in that it implies Chinese sovereignty over the sea, which they dispute. Competing territorial claims over the South China Sea and its resources are numerous. The International Hydrographic Bureau defines the sea as stretching in a southwest to northeast direction, whose southern border is 3 degrees South latitude between South Sumatra and Kalimantan (Karimata Strait), and whose northern border is the Strait of Taiwan from the northern tip of Taiwan to the Fujian coast of mainland China. http://www.hackettstown.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/South_China_Sea      South China Sea Region South China Sea claimants have established outposts on the islands (mostly military) in order to conform with Article 121 in pressing their claims. The economic potential and geopolitical importance of the South China Sea region has resulted in jockeying between the surrounding nations to claim this sea and its resources for themselves. Indonesia's ownership of the natural gas-rich fields offshore of the Natuna Islands was undisputed until China released an official map with unclear maritime boundaries indicating that Chinese-claimed waters in the South China Sea may extend into the waters around the Natuna Islands. http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/schina.html      Islands in the South China Sea But he said something else that he did not retract: he believes that the Chinese claim to the islands in the South China Sea that are hundreds of miles away from the Chinese mainland makes no sense. Vietnam claims all of the South China Sea islands. They remark that the claims of the nations in question, including China, dated from the late 70's and early '80's and were motivated by greed for the oil and gas. http://weekly.china-forum.org/CCF95/ccf9531-1.html      South China Sea Tables Refers to the Spratly Islands as the Nansha islands, and claims all of the islands and most of the South China Sea for historical reasons. China protested, and reaffirmed a national law claiming the South China Sea as its own in May. In May, China signed a contract with U.S. firm Crestone to explore for oil near the Spratly Islands in an area that Vietnam says is located on its continental shelf, over 600 miles south of China's Hainan Island. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/schinatab.html      Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan Beijing's negotiating position over the South China Sea has correlated to movements in global oil-price indexes, shifting from implacable opposition to a deal during the formative growth years of the late 1990s, when it laid claim to 80% of the entire sea area, to a cautious flexibility in the face of a looming energy crunch. In a flurry of recent activity, China's national oil companies have drawn up exploration plans for zones in the East China Sea and South China Sea that all are potential flashpoints because of overlapping economic zones or unresolved territorial claims. Japan has protested vehemently against exploration plans by China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) in waters near the island group of Diaoyu - known by the Japanese as Senkaku - which are also claimed by Taiwan. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FI04Ad04.html      CLINTON'S ROGUES GALLERY: China Times AFP 6/30/99 "...China on Tuesday insisted the disputed Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea were its territory and said it had warned Malaysia not to build there. Reuters 5/18/99 "...China pledged yesterday to ensure freedom of navigation in the South China Sea where it is in dispute with five other nations over ownership of several remote islands. China had earlier warned the country against making improvements in Pag-asa Island, claiming these activities are "provocative." The military said the territorial dispute in the Spratlys would remain a veritable flashpoint in the Southeast Asia region. http://alamo-girl.com/0094.htm      Terrestrial Ecoregions -- South China Sea Islands (IM0148) Rich fishing grounds, a potential for gas and oil deposits, and strategic location have caused many of the South China Sea islands to be claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Unfortunately, the South China Sea Islands are still largely a mystery. In effect the oceanic hub of Asia's industrial revolution, the South China Sea islands have been and are being degraded by physical disruption of native flora and fauna, overexploitation of natural resources (guano, turtles), and environmental pollution. http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0148_full.html      Articles - Spratly Islands Part of the South China Sea Islands, the Spratlys are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and gas and oil deposits, whose true extent are unknown and disputed. France occupied a number of the Spratly Islands, including Itu Aba, in the 1930s and administered them as part of French Indochina, this was protested by Chinese Nationalist government because France admitted that they found Chinese fishermen residing on the islands when the French war ships visited the 9 islands. They state that the Spratly Islands have been an integral part of China for nearly two thousand years and point to ancient manuscripts claiming to refer to the Spratly Islands and remains of Chinese pottery and coins on the islands as proof. http://www.lastring.com/articles/Spratly_Islands?mySession=084ff5a46ab7d824871e1fcfc2c4e062      Legal and Environmental Regime of Islands in the South China Sea: Status under International Law The Spratly islands comprised an area of hundred and fifty features in the South China Sea (SCS) and on of the littoral States which have obtained their claims to sovereignty to them. China has put forward much documentation supporting the chinese claim based on historical and discovery occupation in the region. The present article analyses under the rules of international law of the sea, the rules that govern the regime of islands. http://www.bepress.com/gj/topics/vol4/iss3/art2      ORBIS: Beijing's reach in the South China Sea Assuming that China's political objective in the South China Sea is the Spratly Islands and the natural resources that may surround them, the military objective for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is evident - to secure the disputed islands and gain control over all means of access to the area. Lastly, the growing number of Chinese warships capable of replenishment at sea suggests that the PLA Navy (PLAN) will soon be able to conduct the sustained large-scale operations necessary for a campaign in the South China Sea.(7) China and several Southeast Asian countries - including Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Brunei - vie for control over these islands and the rights to the sea and seabed resources around them. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0365/is_n3_v40/ai_18570188      China travel information, China country information The Bohai Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea and South China Sea embrace the east and southeast coast. The South China Sea Islands are the southernmost island group of China. The Bohai Sea is China’s only inland sea. http://www.chinatour.com/countryinfo/countryinfo.htm      ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN/South China Sea / Spratly Islands Examines circumstances surrounding China's occupation of nine reefs in the Spratly Islands group in 1988, 1992, and 1995, in support of the thesis that economic threats have been the triggers for China's appropriation of territory in the South China Sea. Author maintains that China's South China Sea policy "is to defend its sovereign rights over the four archipelagos and its due maritime rights and interests, and to maintain friendly and good-neighborly relations with the littoral states of the area." "A Threat in the South China Sea? Magno, Francisco A. Environmental Security in the South China Sea. http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/seatoc/seaspr.htm      South China Sea main The U.S. interest is focused on maintaining freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. It is hard to believe China would harm its main trading countries and harm itself even if it took control of the whole South China Sea. Besides the sea lanes through the Mischief Reef and the Philippines are not the only routes that lead to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. http://www.geocities.com/scsnews      RFA: China, Philippines, Vietnam Sign Joint South China Sea Oil Search Accord They said the accord would "contribute to the transformation of the South China Sea into an area of peace, stability, cooperation, and development in accordance with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 2002 ASEAN-China declaration on the conduct of parties in the South China Sea." "This is a historic event because it is the first, it is the breakthrough in implementing the provisions of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea" that was signed in 2002 by China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Arroyo said The South China Sea region, where most of the disputes centre, has proved oil reserves of some 7 billion barrels and production of about 2.5 million barrels per day, a 2003 U.S. government study showed. http://www.rfa.org/english/news/business/2005/03/14/china_vietnam_spratlys      Omniseek: /Open Directory /Regional /Middle East /Asia /China Sea Islands Next: Area Up: Geography Previous: Geography Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China. The panoramic highlight of this tour is a coach or Peak Tram ride up to Victoria Peak to view Victoria harbour and the South China Sea, followed by a scenic coach tour which may include visits... Adventure charter yacht cruising South China Sea Islands,live aboard dive charter.Experienced skipper has many expeditions to his credit including documentaries with BBC Wildlife film units,several universities and Dr David Bellamy http://www.omniseek.com/srch/{43086}      Islands in the South China Sea If you know some history about China, especially over last a couple hundred of years, I believe you will reach the opposite conclusion. Mongolia gained independence, which ROC in Taiwan still claims part of China. To see how the U.S., or the West in large, views China and its policy towards China, please read the Time, July 31's issue, "Why we must contain China", where you can see human rights is not a human rights issue, but a political weapon. http://weekly.china-forum.org/CCF95/ccf9533-5.html      South China Sea Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The South China Sea Islands were collectively named the Tough Heads of the Surging Sea (漲海崎頭 Zhànghǎi Qítóu) and Coral Cays (珊瑚洲 Shanhu Zhou) since their discovery by the Chinese in the Qin Dynasty. Brunei 's and Indonesia 's claims are not on any island, but on the sea. In 1045, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song China, imperial troops (王師) were sent to the Paracel Islands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea_Islands      East China Sea on Encyclopedia.com It is connected with the South China Sea by the Taiwan Strait and with the Sea of Japan by the Korea Strait; it opens in the N to the Yellow Sea. Territorial control of much of the eastern half of the sea (and its oil and gas) is disputed between China and Japan. China, Japan discuss East China Sea dispute, but no sign of progress http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/E/EastC1hin.asp      The South China Sea Islands South China Sea Islands The South China Sea Islands South China Sea Islands Vietnam also claims the Paracel Islands; Vietnam as well as the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei also contest Chinese claims on the Spratly Islands. The red border shows the territorial claims originally made by Taiwan, and now by the PRC as well. http://www.siu.edu/~dfll/Chinese/scs.html      Business Encyclopedia A number of nations, particularly the Philippines, object to the name "South China Sea", in that it implies Chinese sovereignty over the sea, which they dispute. Competing territorial claims over the South China Sea and its resources are numerous. The International Hydrographic Bureau defines the sea as stretching in a southwest to northeast direction, whose southern border is 3 degrees South latitude between South Sumatra and Kalimantan ( Karimata Strait), and whose northern border is the Strait of Taiwan from the northern tip of Taiwan to the Fujian coast of mainland China. http://www.bizencyclopedia.com/index.php?title=South_China_Sea      World Affairs Board - Analysis: Spratly Islands South China Sea claimants have clashed as they tried to establish outposts on the islands (mostly military) in order to be in conformity with Article 121 in pressing their claims. The South China Sea encompasses a portion of the Pacific Ocean stretching roughly from Singapore and the Strait of Malacca in the southwest, to the Strait of Taiwan (between Taiwan and China) in the northeast. Competing territorial claims over the South China Sea and its resources are numerous, with the most contentious revolving around the Spratly Islands and Paracel Islands (the Xisha and the Nansha in Chinese; the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa in Vietnamese). http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=1972      A Code of Conduct for the South China Sea? - Jane's Asia/Pacific News The Paracel Islands (Xisha Islands to China) are located in the northwestern part of the South China Sea and are claimed by China and Vietnam. A Code of Conduct for the South China Sea was drafted by the Philippines and Vietnam for an ASEAN meeting in November 1999. The Gulf of Tonkin (known in China as the Beibu Gulf and in Vietnam as the Bac Bo Gulf), located in the northwestern extremity of the South China Sea, is host to a dispute between China and Vietnam. http://www.janes.com/regional_news/asia_pacific/news/jir/jir001027_1_n.shtml      Confidence Building in the South China Sea The object of this proposal is to document and assess the biological diversity in the South China Sea (8). Such is the case in the South China Sea where a long history of confrontation between the claimants and the sensitive nature of South China Sea issues precluded official discussions on the subject. The proposal further intends to identify habitats in the South China Sea which are critical for the protection, conservation and replenishment of ecologically and economically important species. http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/scs/cbm.htm      Frequently Asked Questions As the seas rose by 100-150 meters at the end of the Pleistocene and, as these lands were very low, they sunk away, and now form what we call the South China Sea. Q: Thera or Santorini, the volcanic caldera located is the Greek region of the Mediterranean Sea, is often claimed to be the remains of Atlantis by several Atlantologists of scientific repute. 5) Was Atlantis an island or a continent? http://www.atlan.org/faq      CPAmedia.com: China's South Sea Claims -- Fact or Fiction? In this statement Huang was simply restating the standpoint advanced by the People's Republic of China since the time of its inception in 1949, and repeated many times since: that Chinese ownership of the South China Sea was "historically proven" and therefore non-negotiable. More importantly, a detailed analysis of all known Chinese knowledge relating to the South China Seas during the 15th century--that is, during the one period when Chinese shipping traversed the region on a regular basis and made systematic surveys of the seaways--reveals no mention whatsoever of the Spratly Islands. China's long tradition as a continental power not withstanding, the Middle Kingdom did put to sea now and then. http://www.cpamedia.com/history/china_soulth_sea_claims      Worldisround - Perhentian Islands, Long Beach. - Photograph - Perhentian Islands, South China Sea. - Photograph - Perhentian Islands, South China Sea. http://www.worldisround.com/articles/3334/photo5.html      1000Countries.com: Spratly Islands I: spratly islands, SPRATLY ISLANDS Tension between China and the Philippines over the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea appears to be on the... The Spratly Islands of the South China Sea are a potential tinder box in the region... All of the Spratly Islands are claimed by the... http://www.1000countries.com/countries_of_the_world/spratly_islands_1.html      Remote Monitoring in the South China Sea: Introduction The Spratly Islands in the South China Sea have long been a source of conflict and ill will among the states that surround them. China, Taiwan, and Vietnam claim the entire archipelago as their own while Brunei, Malaysia, and the Philippines lay claim to parts of it. The states’ knowledge that the region is under rigorous, multilateral remote surveillance could discourage the unilateral development or takeover of the islands in the future. http://www.gwu.edu/~spi/intro.htm      Remote Monitoring in the South China Sea: Claims and Conflicts Chien Chung, "Economic Development of the Islets in the South China Sea," Paper delivered at the S. China Sea Conference, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC, 7-9 September 1994, p. China took control of the reef in early 1995, triggering an ASEAN protest of the surprise occupation. On 8 September 1998, China formally protested Vietnam’s sudden occupation of Orleana Shoal and Kingston Shoal. http://www.gwu.edu/~spi/claims.htm

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