Contest for the South China Sea

Aba Island Amphitrite Group an-sha archipelagic regime Canton century ch'ang-sha Ch'i-chou Ch'ing ch'ün-tao chiao Chinese Chinese claim Cloma coastal continental shelf Crescent Group defense dispute Duncan Island Emperor exploration February fleet forces foreign Freedomland French Furthermore guano Gulf of Tonkin Hainan Island Hanoi Hsi-sha ibid Indonesia interests island-atolls islets issue Itu Aba Island Japan Japanese Jui-nien July Kuangtung Located Macclesfield Bank major maritime frontier maritime power Ming nautical miles naval occupied ocean policy official offshore oil Palawan Paracel and Spratly Paracel Archipelago Paracel Islands Peking Petroleum Philippines Pratas Island Reef region reported Republic of China role Saigon Shoal Similarly South China Sea South Vietnam Southeast Asia Southern Sea sovereignty Spratly Archipelago Spratly Islands Strait strategic t'an Taipei Taiwan territorial sea trade Treaty UNCLOS vessels Vietnamese Wan-li waters western Woody Island Yüan zone