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	Island Vulnerability, Spratly Islands
		Island Vulnerability explores the challenges which isolated geographies face when dealing with risk and disasters by examining the processes which create, maintain, and could be used to reduce their vulnerability.
		The Spratly Islands are claimed in their entirety by China, Taiwan and Vietnam, while portions are claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines.
		Third, the Spratly Islands are important for security reasons, and in a period of war could be of strategic significance in sea-lane defence, interdiction as well as surveillance.
	www.islandvulnerability.org /spratlys.html (2519 words)

	Spratly Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spratly Islands are a disputed group of approximately 100 reefs and islets in the South China Sea.
		While the Philippine claim to the Spratly Islands was first expressed in the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, Philippine involvement in the Spratly's did not begin in earnest until 1956, when on 15 May Philippine citizen Tomas Cloma proclaimed the founding of a new state, Kalayaan (Freedom Land).
		Malaysia occupies Swallow Reef (Layang Layang), one of the Spratly Islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spratly_Islands (3912 words)

	Spratly Islands Summary
		The Spratly Islands group, whose ownership is disputed by the People's Republic of China (PRC), Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan, is located in the middle of the South China Sea, the geostrategic heart of Southeast Asia.
		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.
		While the Philippine claim to the Spratly Islands was first expressed in the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, Philippine involvement in the Spratly's did not begin in earnest until 1956, when on 15 May Philippine citizen Tomas Cloma proclaimed the founding of a new state, Kalayaan (Freedom Land).
	www.bookrags.com /Spratly_Islands (4130 words)

	Spratly Islands Dispute
		It states that the southern part of the Spratly chain is actually a part of its continental shelf and therefore its territory and resources.
		Its claims to the island are based on its assertion that Taiwan and its Kuomintang government are the true China.
		Heinzig, Dieter, Disputed islands in the South China Sea: the Paracels, Spratlys, and Pratas.
	www.american.edu /TED/SPRATLY.HTM (1072 words)

	Spratly Islands - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Spratly Islands - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Since Vietnam’s economy began opening to foreign investment in the late 1980s, offshore oil and gas reserves have been tapped for commercial...
		The year 1939 may be regarded as a turning-point in the history of Fascism.
	encarta.msn.com /Spratly_Islands.html (169 words)

	Spratly Islands. The World Factbook. 2003
		About 50 islands are occupied by China (about 450 soldiers), Malaysia (70-90), the Philippines (about 100), and Vietnam (about 1,500).
		The proximity to nearby oil- and gas-producing sedimentary basins suggests the potential for oil and gas deposits, but the region is largely unexplored, and there are no reliable estimates of potential reserves; commercial exploitation has yet to be developed.
		Spratly Islands consist of more than 100 small islands or reefs, of which about 45 are claimed and occupied by China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam
	www.bartleby.com /151/pg.html (319 words)

	Remote Monitoring in the South China Sea: Claims and Conflicts
		Despite the uncertainty of the estimates, most of the countries in the region are interested in the Spratlys because of their potential as a source for oil.
		The Philippines occupies eight islands or cays in an area it refers to as the Kalayaan region, or "Freedomland." Malaysia claims all six islands within a continental shelf limit defined in 1979, and occupies three of these; the other three are occupied by Vietnam and the Philippines.
		Every island that was chosen for detailed study was either a significant base of operations or a flashpoint with a documented history of threats and conflict between two or more countries.
	www.gwu.edu /~spi/claims.htm (1854 words)

	The Spratly Islands dispute
		The Spratly Islands are already developing into important fishing grounds for China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
		A timeline of disputes in the Spratly Islands
		This timeline traces disputes in the Spratly Islands from 1939 to 1995.
	www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Gym/1110/makl4.html (771 words)

	Ekahau Spratly Islands Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		The Spratly Islands are another of those wonderful remote places that get listed as a “country” on VT. The Spratly Islands are made up of about 250 small islands, reefs hunks of rocks, and reefs that connect the Pacific and Indian oceans in the South China Sea.
		The Spratly Island by the name of Swallow's Reef has become a major Dive destination as a way of the Government of Malaysia to hold on to its claim to the sea around it.
		The Resort is on the Swallow's Reef of the Spratly Islands is called Layang Layang and has wonderful diving and give you the VT country collector a new blue speck (all be it a very small one on your map.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/28be5/84a (485 words)

	Spratly Islands Dispute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A number of small islands (Paracel Islands, Pratas Islands, Spratly Islands, and Scarborough Reef) may have a considerable effect on the extent of maritime zones in the South China Sea.
		This paper includes a brief background on the Spratly Islands (location, natural resources, and historical claims of ownership.) Following this is an analysis of why each of the six nations claiming ownership feels these uninhabited islands are important to their national interest.
		Analyzes ASEAN's policy of engagement with China over the Spratly Islands, and argues that attempts to link the PRC to ASEAN's consultative process are unlikely to succeed due to China's aversion to becoming deeply engaged in the process.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/spratly/spratly.htm (1571 words)

	Spratly Islands
		These islands have been claimed at one time or another by the Philippines, Japan, France, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of South Vietnam, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of China.
		Morton Meads is said to have lived in the islands, raising chickens, ducks and goats and processing gooney birds for the restaurants of Saigon and Manila.
		The Philippines occupied seven of the Spratly Islands in 1978 and, after a brief shooting war with the Chinese (both), refused to withdraw.
	flagspot.net /flags/xp-s.html (952 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- South China Sea Islands (IM0148)
		The Spratly Islands are scattered between 11°28’ to 4° N and 109°55’ to 117°50’ E. While land formations are numerous within this region, the majority of these are rocks, reefs, sandbanks, or other types of partially submerged landforms.
		A few islands have been developed as small tourist resorts, and have had soil and trees brought in and planted where there were none.
		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.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0148_full.html (1654 words)

	ICE Cases: Spratly Islands Dispute
		The Spratly Islands of the South China Sea are a potential tinder box in the region.
		The Spratly Islands consist of 100 - 230 islets, coral reefs and sea mounts (tablemounts).(4) Despite the fact that the archipelago is spread over 250,000 sq km of sea space, the total land mass of the Spratly Islands is a mere 5 sq km.
		The Spratly Islands are strategically important to Taiwan for two reasons: (1) important shipping lanes pass through waters surrounding the Spratly Islands; and, (2) the South China Sea, in general, is fish abundant.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/ice/spratly.htm (3556 words)

	Introduction To Spratly Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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		If you would like to use this information for Spratly Islands or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/spratly_islands_country_introduction.shtml (269 words)

	Paracel and Spratly Islands
		1211 Island group is first shown on a Chinese map.
		4 Apr 1939 Japan declares the Spratly Islands a protectorate.
		Territorial Disputes: All of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam;
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Paracel_Spratly.html (615 words)

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		Because of the importance of the sea lanes and oil associated with the Spratlys and the fact that Britain is a signatory to a defence pact that includes Malaysia, one of the disputing states, British naval forces could be called in to the South China Sea.
		The focus of this conflict are the Spratly Islands; claimed by China, Taiwan and, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam and the Philippines.
		The Spratly Islands group comprises over 230 islets, reefs and kays, it is located in the southern part of the South China Sea, and covers a vast area of about 250,000 square kilometres.
	www.ukdf.org.uk /regional/rs8.htm (6530 words)

	Spratly islands
		The Spratly Islands lie in the central South China Sea, about two-thirds of the way from southern Vietnam to the southern Philippines (8°38'N, 111°55'E).
		The islands are claimed entirely by China, Taiwan and Vietnam, and in part by Malaysia and the Philippines, plus one reef falls within the exclusive fishing zone of Brunei, although they have not publicly claimed the island.
		The main economic resource of the Spratly group is commercial fishing, particularly pelagic fish, although the islands natural resources also include high marine biodiversity, a large seabird population and an undetermined oil and natural gas potential.
	www.tracc.org.my /Borneocoast/spratly_islands/INDEX.html (185 words)

	The Race for the Spratly-Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Western observers are estimating, that approximately 1000 soldiers are on the islands.
		Background was the Chinese occupation of the Paracel Islands in 1976 and the military attack on Vietnamese boats in 1988 at Johnson Reef.
		The United States are recommending restraint and are indicating that the Spratly dispute is unlikely to invoke the pact because it is only referring to the area of the Philippines from 1951.
	home.arcor.de /be/bethge/spratlyengl.htm (3614 words)

	PINR - The Importance of the Spratly Islands
		Certain figures display the importance of the Spratly Islands as a transport route: the South China Sea is the world's second busiest international sea lane and conveys roughly one-fourth of the globe's crude oil and oil products.
		Regardless, it is without a doubt that further exploration of the Spratly Islands is considered to be a major stake by all regional claimants and that control over hydrocarbons will remain a crucial goal for all powers involved.
		One of the most interesting developments in the Spratly Islands debate is undoubtedly the different use and perception of multilateralism.
	www.pinr.com /report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=589&language_id=1 (1412 words)

	The Spratly Islands
		The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 100 reefs, islets and islands occupying in total less than five square kilometres and spread over more than 400,000 square kilometres of sea.
		The Spratlys are part of the great sweep of archipelago Southeast Asia which totals more than 30,000 and which so complicates geography, governance and economics in the region.
		However, in 2002, closer co-operation between China and ASEAN generally was responsible for helping the negotiations for a treaty on the islands which has served to defuse some of the initial concern.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/east_asian_history/110845 (506 words)

	About Spratly Islands - Travel, Maps, Flag and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Spratly Islands are a disputed group of approximately 100 reefs and islets in the South China Sea.
		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.
		Several of the nations involved have soldiers stationed in the Spratlys and control various installations on different islands and reefs.
	www.canadiancontent.net /profiles/Spratly-Islands.html (227 words)

	Unfinished Journeys: Spratly Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Looks like a good place for a resort, but all these islands are a few hundred miles from populated places.
		About 45 islands are occupied by relatively small numbers of military forces from China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
		These are among the islands claimed by the Government of the SRT.We can help you to build a resort on the isles.The Government will fully support you on this matter.Anyone interested to join and support the project is kindly requested to contact the office of Chancellor.
	storm-crypt.blogspot.com /2005/12/spratly-islands.html (1171 words)

	Cascon Case SPI: Spratly Islands 1974-
		Possession of two island archipelagos in the South China Sea (the Paracels some 200 miles southeast of Hainan, and the Spratlys 500 miles south of the Paracels) has long been disputed.
		In January 1974 CPR forces attacked Vietnamese garrisons in the Paracels, citing harassment of Chinese fishermen settled on the islands.
		In July the Philippines announced support for declaring the Spratlys a marine reserve, thereby blocking oil exploration, and in August agreed with China to reject the use of force in settling the dispute.
	web.mit.edu /cascon/cases/case_spi.html (514 words)

	Spratly Islands
		Among the suggestions to enhance the development of the Spratly Islands include the creation of a marine park; establishment of a South China Sea Institute for Marine Resources Management, conducting a joint survey and assessment of the mineral and hydrocarbon potential and implementation of maritime safety and surveillance measures.
		The Spratlys are claimed in total by China, Vietnam, and Taiwan, whereas Malaysia laid claim to parts of the continental shelf underlying the southernmost islands in the chain.
		In 1946 it seized Itu Aba (in the Spratlys) and Phu Lan Island (in the Paracels).
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/spratly.htm (2991 words)

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