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	South China Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The South China Sea is a marginal sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km².
		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.
		The Paracel Islands are disputed between the PRC and Vietnam.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/South_China_Sea (716 words)

	AllRefer.com - South China Sea (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia
		South China Sea, western arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.1,000,000 sq mi (2,590,000 sq km), between the SE Asian mainland and Taiwan, the Philippines, and Borneo.
		It is connected with the East China Sea by the Taiwan Strait.
		The southwestern part of the sea from the Gulf of Thailand to the Java Sea is an enormous submerged plain called the Sunda Platform; water is generally shallow (less than 200 ft/61 m) throughout this vast area.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SthChi.html (254 words)

	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.
		The Islands locate on a shallow humite-layer continental shelf with an average of 200 metres deep.
		Except one volcano-island, the islands are made of coral reefs of varying ages and formations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_China_Sea_Islands (811 words)

	South China Sea Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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 (see the footnote for a more precise definition).
		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.
		China, which is a member of the ARF, has argued in the past that the resolution of territorial disputes should be a bilateral issue.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/schina.html (3466 words)

	South China Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The South China Sea (Chinese: Nan Hai 南海/南洋, literal meaning: "South Sea") is a marginal sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km².
		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.
		The Spratly Islands (Nansha (South Sands) in Chinese, Truong Sa (Long Sands) in Vietnamese) have been the site of a naval clash, in which over seventy Vietnamese sailors were killed just south of Chigua Reef in March 1988.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/s/so/south_china_sea.html (601 words)

	Spratly Islands - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Spratly Islands (Chinese: 南沙群島 in pinyin: nan1 sha1 qun2 dao3; Vietnamese: Trường Sa) are a group of approximately 100 reefs and islets in the South China Sea.
		China and the former South Vietnam fought a naval battle over the islands in 1974 after the Saigon government allowed western oil companies to explore in the area.
		In May of that year China National Offshore Oil Corporation ("CNOOC") and Crestone Energy, based in Denver in the United States of America, signed a cooperation contract to jointly explore the 25,155-sq km Wan'an Bei-21 block in the Spratly area of the southwest portion of the South China Sea.
	openproxy.ath.cx /sp/Spratly_Islands.html (585 words)

	South China Sea Islands biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The South China Sea Islands (or Nanhai Islands, simplified: 南海诸岛;, traditional: 南海諸島;, pinyin: Nánhǎi Zhūdǎo) is an archipelago of over 250 around 1-km² islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs, and sandbars, most of which have no indigenous people.
		The Islands locate on a shallow humite -layer continental shelf with an average of 200 metres deep.
		However, in the Spratlys, the sea floor drastically change its height in thousands, and near the Philippines, the Palawan Trough is more than 5,000 metres deep.
	south-china-sea-islands.biography.ms (724 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The International Hydrographic Bureau defined it 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.
		There is a 100-km seamount called Reed Tablemount in the Sea in the region of the Spratlys, near Palawan in the Philippines.
		The Spratly Islands (Nansha islands in Chinese, Truong Sa in Vietnamese) have been the site of naval clashes, as when over seventy Vietnamese sailors were killed in fighting at Fiery Cross Reef in 1988.
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/s/so/south_china_sea.html (542 words)

	Islands in the South China Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		China claims that the islands were discovered during the Han dynasty, and was effectively administered as Chinese territory in the Song dynasty.
		However the PRC proceeded to occupy some Nansha islands from their base in Xisha, and got into skirmishes with Vietnamese forces, and a naval battle occurred in 1988, when the Vietnamese were roundly trounced.
		The islands were mistakenly regarded by the U.S. after World War II as part of Ryukyu, and the U.S. "returned" the Diaoyu Islands, as part of the Ryukyus, to Japan rather than to China in 1972.
	weekly.china-forum.org /CCF95/ccf9531-1.html (1394 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		China also reacted with relative calm to the announcement by Vietnam that it would start commercial flights by the end of the year to Truong Sa Lon (Large Spratly), an island where it already has military and administrative facilities.
		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.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FI04Ad04.html (1204 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hainan Island was called the Pearl Cliffs (珠崖), the Jade Cliffs (瓊崖 qiong2 yai2), and the Qiong Prefecture (瓊州 Qiongzhou), the latter two gave rise to the province's abbreviation, Qiong (琼 in Simplified Chinese).
		Hainan is the second largest island of China (after Taiwan).
		Hainan is a sister province of Jeju island-province of South Korea.
	online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/h/ha/hainan.html (503 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Spratly islands dispute blocks exploration in South China Sea
		China and Vietnam have been at the forefront of the dispute, having come to blows over the islands.
		China, Vietnam and Taiwan claim sovereignty over all the islands in the 800 km long chain, while the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei claim at least some.
		In May of that year China National Offshore Oil Corp. and Crestone Energy, based in Denver in the US, signed a cooperation contract to jointly explore the 25,155-sq km Wan'an Bei-21 block in the Spratly area of the southwest portion of the South China Sea.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nts22618.htm (952 words)

	South China Sea Tables
		In 1971, the Philippines officially claimed 8 islands that it refers to as the Kalayaan, partly on the basis of this exploration, arguing that the islands: 1) were not part of the Spratly Islands; and 2) had not belonged to anyone and were open to being claimed.
		Chinese seized the Paracel Islands from Vietnam, with 18 of its troops killed in clashes on one of the islands.
		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.
	www.eia.doe.gov /cabs/schinatab.html (1414 words)

	CLINTON'S ROGUES GALLERY:
		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.
		South China Morning Post 5/4/99 AGENCIES "...Asian countries are likely to add between 200 and 300 warships to their navies within the next two decades, despite the region's economic crisis, defence industry experts said yesterday.
		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.
	alamo-girl.com /0094.htm (11141 words)

	Spratly Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Part of the South China Sea Islands, the Spratlys are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and gas and oil deposits.
		The islands contain no arable land and have no indigenous inhabitants, although twenty of the islands, including Itu Aba, the largest, are considered to be able to sustain human life.
		The islands were sporadically visited throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by mariners from different European powers (including either Richard or William Spratly, after whom the island group derives its most recognisable English name), but these nations displayed little interest in the islands.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Spratly-Islands.htm (2705 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)

	Islands in the South China Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After reading your article, I have the impression that you think China has been an agressive and unfriendly country, which is one of the resons for its recent troubles with other countries, either the border disputes or the visit of Lee.
		China lost a huge territory to the Russian empire, which Lenin promised to give back to China but was't able to do so in time.
		You asserted that it is OK for many other countries to have teritory claim hundreds miles away from their borders because they are "friendly" and as China is not considered friendly, therefore it is not.
	weekly.china-forum.org /CCF95/ccf9533-5.html (417 words)

	China General Information, China Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		China Internet Information Center, Sep. 11, 2005 - China suffers an annual loss of tens of billions of US dollars in its exports trade due to product standards imposed by developed countries, according to discussions at a seminar in Beijing on the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 2005 World Trade Report.
		There are 6,536 islands larger than 500 square meters, the largest is Taiwan, with a total area of about 36,000 square kilometers, and the second, Hainan.
		The South China Sea Islands are the southernmost island group of China.
	www.chinatoday.com (721 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The South China Sea Islands (南海諸島 pinyin: nan2 hai3 zhu1 dao3) is an archipelago of over 250 around 1-km² islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs, and sandbars, most of which have no indigenous people.
		The South China Sea Islands were collectively named The Tough Heads (above Water) of Zhang Sea (漲海崎頭 zhang4 hai3 qi2 tou2) and Coral Islets (珊瑚洲) since their discovery by the Chinese in the Qin Dynasty.
		There are houses dated back to the Tang or Song Dynasty on Qanquan Island (甘泉島), which nowadays is under disputed with the Vietnamese.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/s/so/south_china_sea_islands.html (695 words)

	China travel information, China country information
		The temperature in China in the winter is 5 to 18 degrees centigrade lower than that in other countries on the same latitude in winter.
		China has gone over a long history of primitive society, slavery society, feudal society and semi-feudal semi-colonial society and the present socialist society.
		The Bohai Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea and South China Sea embrace the east and southeast coast.
	www.chinatour.com /countryinfo/countryinfo.htm (1587 words)

	Hainan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Consisting of Hainan Island and the South China Sea Islands, it is the smallest province.
		The South China Sea Islands refer to all the islands, shoals, rocks, reefs, and shallows in the South China Sea.
		In the south China Sea Islands, the coldest month is February, with an average temperature of 22.9 centigrade degree ; the hottest month is August, with a 29.5centigrade degree average.
	www.chinaphile.com /hainan.htm (366 words)

	ORBIS: Beijing's reach in the South China Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		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.
		Unfortunately for China, its potential adversaries in the Spratlys dispute, particularly Malaysia and Singapore, have matched or even surpassed China in several technical areas with weapons like the American-built anti-ship RGM-84D Harpoon and the French-built MM 38 Exocet.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0365/is_n3_v40/ai_18570188 (1142 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- South China Sea Islands (IM0148) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		China, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan all have claimed ownership of these islands because of their rich fishing grounds and oil deposits.
		But these islands really belong not to governments, but to the turtles and the birds that live there.
		Because of their remoteness and small size, these islands are not home to any large mammals.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0148.html (372 words)

	South China Sea main
		Japan is China's one of the biggest sources of loans and foreign investment, and both countries are top trading partners of China.
		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.
	www.geocities.com /scsnews (840 words)

	ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN/South China Sea / Spratly Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Spratlys: The Dispute in the South China Sea.
		In the face of increasing transborder security and environmental problems generated by stiff competition for territory and resources in the South China Sea, a security agenda is needed which defines the scope and limits of political authority and resource extraction.
		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.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/seatoc/seaspr.htm (343 words)

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