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    The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands (simplified Chinese: 西沙群岛; traditional Chinese: 西沙群島; pinyin: xīshā qúndǎo; lit. 'West Sand Archipelago')...
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    The Battle of the Paracel Islands (Chinese: 西沙海战, Pinyin: Xisha Haizhan;Vietnamese: Hải chiến Hoàng Sa) was a military engagement between the naval forces...
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    Money Island (Chinese: 金银岛; lit. 'money island'; Vietnamese: Đảo Quang Ảnh) is the southwesternmost island in the Crescent Group of the Paracel Islands archipelago...
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    Border Area) by the scholar Lê Quý Đôn, Hoàng Sa (Paracel Islands), and Trường Sa (Spratly Islands) were defined as belonging to Quảng Ngãi District....
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    strip. The Paracel Islands are a group of islands, reefs, banks and atolls in the northwestern part of the South China Sea. Woody Island is part of the...
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    group of 260 islands, reefs and beaches located in the Spratly Islands (Nansha), Paracel Islands (Xisha), and Macclesfield Bank (Zhongsha Islands). Reports...
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    Paracel Islands[citation needed] on behalf of its then-colony French Indochina. It occupied a number of the Spratly Islands, including Taiping Island...
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    Đảo Hữu Nhật) is an island in the Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea. Like the other Paracel Islands, it is controlled by China (PRC) but is claimed...
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    the Paracel Islands (1974). Pratas Island and the Vereker Banks, disputed between the PRC and the ROC, occupied by the ROC. The Spratly Islands, disputed...
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  • The baselines were for the Chinese mainland and also for the Paracel (Xisha) Islands. The baselines for the mainland consist of a series of straight...
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    Islands (the Nansha Islands) and to the Paracel Islands (the Xisha Islands)", but did not specify the ownership of these islands. "Taipei Peace Treaty"...
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  • needed] This figure does not include the EEZ areas of the Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands. Vietnam has disputes mainly with the People's Republic...
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    Islands in the South China Sea includes the South China Sea Islands (Spratly Islands, Pratas Island, Paracel Islands and Macclesfield Bank), islands on...
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    Spratly and Paracel Islands. Presently, the Paracel Islands are disputed among China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam, while Pratas Island is contested...
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  • Lincoln Island may refer to: Lincoln Island (Alaska), an island in Lynn Canal in Alaska, United States Lincoln Island, one of the Paracel Islands in the...
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    South China Sea. The contested area includes the Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, the Pratas Island and the Vereker Banks, the Macclesfield Bank, and...
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    The disputes involve the islands, reefs, banks, and other features of the region, including the Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands, Scarborough Shoal, and...
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    the disputed Paracel Islands. The Chinese Navy allegedly fired on Vietnamese fishing boats when they tried to take shelter at Tru Cau island to escape Typhoon...
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  • from the PRC island province of Hainan, as well as about 100 miles (160 km) away from the China military installation in the Paracel Islands, when it was...
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    Vietnamese troops on the island until 1974 when South Vietnam set up a permanent garrison there after the Crescent Group of the Paracel Islands was lost to China...
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    The Spratly Islands The Paracel Islands Pratas Island and the Vereker Banks The Macclesfield Bank The Scarborough Shoal The Spratly Islands spread over...
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  • administer the islands) supported the 1958 Declaration by China claiming all of the Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, Macclesfield Bank and Pratas Island and the...
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  • Kinmen Matsu Island (claimed by the PRC as part of Lianjiang County) Wuqiu Huangyan Dao Hupijiao Rock (reef) Paracel Islands Spratly Islands Suyan Rock...
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    Crescent Island group of the Paracel Islands. During the period of Vietnamese and French colonial occupation of the islands, Pattle Island was chosen...
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    Hoàng Sa district (category Paracel Islands)
    is an island district of Da Nang in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. It covers an area of 305 km2 (118 sq mi) of the Paracel Islands, including...
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    Spratly Islands dispute Battle of the Paracel Islands Naval history of China Koh, Lean Collin; Tri, Ngo. "Learning from the Battle of the Spratly Islands"....
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  • defeat China portal Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958) Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974) Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988) Third Taiwan Strait Crisis...
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    the South China Sea includes the Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, and various other areas including Pratas Island and the Vereker Banks, the Macclesfield...
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    infringements cited was the Chinese occupation in January 1974 of the Paracel Islands, claimed by both countries in a dispute left unresolved in the 1980s...
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  • Dragon Hole (category Paracel Islands)
    It is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Drummond Island in the Paracel Islands. Blue holes generate a distinctive dark blue colour when seen...
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