Chung-sha

Chungsha English Etymology From en cmn 中沙, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Chung¹-sha¹. Proper noun 1 1 en Zhongsha. en 1964 Theodore Shabad CHINA SEA w:Encyclopedia Britannica https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri05univ/ 5 263100718 612 https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri05univ/page/612/ 2 Unlike the East China sea, which is devoid of islands, the South China sea is speckled with a vast number of islands and reefs. These are part of the Pratas group (Tung-sha) the Paracel (Hsi-sha Ch’ün-tao group), Macclesfield (Chung-sha bank), and the Spratly (Nan-sha group), all of which are claimed by the People's Republic of China. en September 14, 1971 RDHodgson; TVMcIntyre South China Sea: Up for Grabs https://web.archive.org/web/20240512092432/https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP08C01297R000300180018-3.pdf May 12, 2024 https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP08C01297R000300180018-3.pdf 2012 w:Bureau of Intelligence and Research 17 ISLETS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEAThe list includes only those features that are high-tide elevations.MACCLESFIELD BANK / Chung-sha Ch'un-Tao / Middle Sand Islands / 15°50'N., 114°20'E.SCARBOROUGH SHOAL / Min-chu Chiao / / 15°08'N., 117°45'E.South Rock / / / 15°06'N., 117°46'E. en 1979 Problems with Socialist Countries King C. Chen China and the Three Worlds: A Foreign Policy Reader https://archive.org/details/chinathreeworlds0000unse/ w:M.E. Sharpe 0-87332-118-9 78-51973 924852082 273 https://archive.org/details/chinathreeworlds0000unse/page/273/ We have our troops, fishermen and administrative organs on the Hsi-sha and Chung-sha islands, which have been Chinese territory from time immemorial. I remember that while I was still a schoolboy, I read about the islands in the geography books. At that time, I never heard anyone say that those island were not China's. en 1982 Marwyn S. Samuels Introduction Contest for the South China Sea https://archive.org/details/contestforsouthc0000samu/ w:Methuen Publishing 0-416-33140-8 81-18868 7998564 3 https://archive.org/details/contestforsouthc0000samu/page/3/ And finally, Macclesfield Bank (Chung-sha), one of the principal groups claimed by China, is actually a permanently submerged atoll. en