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Nan-sha
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Nansha Nánshā
English
Etymology
From en cmn 南沙 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Nan²-sha¹.
Proper noun
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en January 23, 1974 Chinese Defend Hsi-sha Islands East/West zh 東西報 https://archive.org/details/eastwest08east_2/ 8 4 0012-8589 2294268 5 https://archive.org/details/eastwest08east_2/page/5/ 4 The Hsi-sha and Nan-sha Islands have been fishing areas for Chinese fishermen for a long time.
en April 7, 1975 Sino-Malaysian Territorial Disagreement Staff Notes: East Asia https://archive.org/details/CIA-RDP79T00865A000700160002-7/ w:CIA 2001 5 https://archive.org/details/CIA-RDP79T00865A000700160002-7/page/n7/ Tseng-mu Reef is described in Peking publications as "the southernmost part of China" and within the Nan-sha (Spratly) group of islands.
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/ Since then, there have been disputes over the question of ownership of the Hsi-sha and Nan-sha islands. The navy of the Nguyen Van Thieu Regime even fought with us at Hsi-sha, ending in a disastrous defeat for them. The Chiang Kai-shek clique now occupies some of the Nan-sha islands.
en 1982 Agatha S.Y. Wong-Fraser James Everett Katz; Onkar S Marwah People's Republic of China Nuclear Power in Developing Countries https://archive.org/details/nuclearpowerinde0000unse/ w:Lexington Books 119–120 0-669-04700-7 81-47622 924911568 https://archive.org/details/nuclearpowerinde0000unse/page/119/ Since 1966, extensive offshore reserves in the continental shelf—stretching from the Yellow Sea as far as Hsi-Sha (Paracel) and Nan-Sha (Spratley) Islands in the South China Sea—have been reported in official Chinese statements,³ reinforcing the long-maintained claim that the PRC holds the third-largest oil and gas reserves in the world.⁴ on
Translations
Nansha
Anagrams
en aahnns Hanans Anshan shanna An-shan Hannas Shanna