Sansha

Sānshā English Pronunciation en /sɑnˈʃɑː/ sänʹshäen 1952 Samsa Bay Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1659 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1659/ 1 Mandarin Sansha (sänʹshä) en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sansha.wav Southern England en ɑː 2 Etymology 1 From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 三沙 three sands, from the three areas of Nansha (南沙 south sands), Xisha (西沙 west sands) and Zhongsha (中沙 central sands). Proper noun en prefecture-level city of p/Hainan c/China (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by Brunei, China (PRC), Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam). from 21st c. en 2009 w:Martin Jacques When China Rules the World When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781594201851/ New York w:Penguin Press 978-1-59420-185-1 423217571 294 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781594201851/page/294/ In 2007 Beijing established the new Sansha municipality in Hainan Province, which has jurisdiction over three islets that Vietnam claims in the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos. This led to large-scale protest demonstrations outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi. en 2014 June Clarence J. Bouchat The Paracel Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches in the South China Sea https://archive.org/details/paracelislandsus0000bouc/ Carlisle, PA United States Army War College Press 1-58487-623-9 884513670 42 https://archive.org/details/paracelislandsus0000bouc/page/42/ As recently as June 2012, Vietnam passed a maritime law reasserting its sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands and delimiting its maritime claims for both.²²⁰ On the same day, in response to this challenge to its claimed sovereignty, China upgraded the status of Sansha City. Vietnam and the Philippines expectedly protested but, unusually, so did the United States.²²¹ en 2020 Kerry K. Gershaneck Political Warfare: Strategies for Combating China’s Plan to “Win without Fighting” https://archive.org/details/20210413_20210413_2352/ Quantico, VA w:Marine Corps University Press 978-1-7320031-2-5 2020032647 1178868634 20 https://archive.org/details/20210413_20210413_2352/page/n44/ The PRC has also used lawfare to bolster its territorial claims in the South China Sea by designating the village of Sansha, located on the disputed Paracel Islands, as a Hainan Prefecture in an attempt to extend PRC control far into the region. en APRIL 19, 2020 Vietnam protests Beijing's expansion in disputed South China Sea https://web.archive.org/web/20200420030855/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-china-southchinasea-idUSKBN2210M7 20 April 2020 w:Reuters On Saturday it said it had established an administrative district on the Paracel islands and another on the Spratly islands. The two districts are under the control of China’s Sansha city, according to China Global Television Network.“The establishment of the so-called Sansha City and related activities seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty,” Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said in a statement. en Translations insular area Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 三沙 Sānshā Japanese: ja Etymology 2 From en cmn - 三沙 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: San¹-sha¹, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin. Proper noun en town county/Xiapu prefecture-level city/Ningde p/Fujian c/China from 20th c. en 1945 May Notes on the China Coast https://books.google.com/books?id=Cd0MAQAAMAAJ XIV 5 1554305 22 https://books.google.com/books?id=Cd0MAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA22 Sansha Bay, 62 miles north of Foochow, is one of the good harbors on the China coast. It has deep water and is surrounded on all sides by steep precipices. en 1963 Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East Weekly Supplement https://books.google.com/books?id=wCskAQAAMAAJ British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service 3 243895394 30 Shelter port on Fukien coast The Sansha [phonetic] storm shelter port in Hsiapu County, Fukien, was completed in September after several years' work. en 1979 Daily Report: People's Republic of China https://books.google.com/books?id=d5ssAAAAMAAJ 12-22 0892-0141 1113433 In order to receive the Taiwan fishermen compatriots, the Fujian Provincial Revolutionary Committee in early 1978 formally established these reception stations at the four fishing ports of Sansha in Xiapu [Hsiapu],[...]The Sansha reception station in Xiapu received 12 Taiwan fishing boats in 1978 and everytime helped repair the boats and engines, provided fuel and drinking water and purchased grain, meat, vegetables and other foods before they departed. en 2015 zh:高坚辉<t:Jianhui Gao> Stories from Fujian, China https://books.google.com/books?id=AWvfCQAAQBAJ 978-1-5049-3642-2 938791355 I once went to the farther north coast of Fujian Province, our province's northeast part, Sansha Town of Xiapu County, (zh 三沙镇，霞浦县) where, off the coast, the sea water in some place is bluer than it is here. At that time in Sansha Town, after I saw the blue water and an islet which emerges from the blue sea, so bleak, so solitary that I dreamed a fantastic dream at night: I was like a fish in the deep, unfathomable blue. en 4 August 2020 Typhoon Hagupit (2020) Typhoon Hagupit hits east China and heads towards Shanghai w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20200804130444/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3095926/typhoon-hits-coastal-china-winds-136km/h-and-headed-towards 04 August 2020 Boats are moored to take shelter in waters off Sansha town in Xiapu county in southeastern China's Fujian province on Monday. en Synonyms en Samsa Translations town Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 三沙 Sānshā Japanese: ja Further reading Sansha, San-sha en 1998 Sansha Bay Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2786 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2786/ 2 References Anagrams en aahnss Ahsans Ansahs Hassan en Three