Hsisha

English Etymology From en cmn 西沙 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hsi¹-sha¹. Proper noun en Xisha. en July 13, 1938 July 5, 1938 Suiharu Hirata Industrialist Claims Paracels North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1938.07.13/ Shanghai CCVIII 3701 311405954 Tokyo 58 https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1938.07.13/page/58/ 1 "After that France kept a watchful eye on Hsisha Island and sent warships there and declared that she had taken possession of Hsisha Island, together with the other Paracel Islands. But as the result of Japanese protests the French claim was abandoned. en 1975 Collision Course in Vietnam (1965) China & the U.S., 1964-72 Kwan Ha Yim https://archive.org/details/chinaus1964720000yimk/ New York w:Facts on File 0-87196-207-1 72-80832 946320151 77 https://archive.org/details/chinaus1964720000yimk/page/77/ Johnson Apr. 24 issued an executive order designating Vietnam and the waters adjacent to it a “combat zone.” The “combat zone,” according to Peking’s reading, included part of China’s territorial waters in the vicinity of Hsisha Island. en https://www.massline.org/PekingReview/PR1975/PR1975-50.pdf December 12, 1975 Shih Ti-tsu South China Sea Islands, Chinese Territory Since Ancient Times w:Peking Review 18 50 13 After Japanese imperialism occupied the Tungsha Islands in 1907, Chang Jen-chun, Governor of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, made representations to the Japanese Consul in Kwangchow to recover the Tungsha Islands and, in April 1909, sent more than 170 people under Admiral Li Chun and Captains Wu Ching-jung and Liu Yi-kuan to the Hsisha Islands. 21 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20121028120632/https://www.massline.org/PekingReview/PR1975/PR1975-50.pdf 28 October 2012 en 1976 Relics on Hsisha Islands Eastern Horizon https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1976_15_6/ XV 6 Hong Kong Eastern Horizon Press 0012-8813 751117974 65 https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1976_15_6/page/65/ 1 Surveys made by Chinese archaeologists of historical relics on the Hsisha Islands have yielded excellent results including many important discoveries. en June 6, 1976 ROC reiterates ownership of southern islets Free China Weekly https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1976-06-06_17_22/ XVII 22 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 1 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1976-06-06_17_22/ 5 The Ministry also said the Hsisha Islands are “an integral part of the territory of the Republic of China,” refuting Vietnam claims. en 1995 Jeanette Greenfield China and the Law of the Sea James Crawford; Donald R. Rothwell The Law of the Sea in the Asian Pacific Region: Developments and Prospects https://books.google.com/books?id=grBFEAAAQBAJ w:Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 0-7923-2742-X 94-4409 29877461 26 China, Taiwan and Vietnam claim the Paracel Islands (known to the Chinese as Hsisha Islands). en 7/10/2009 zh 洪健昭 Sovereignty over the Spratlys II National Policy Foundation [zh 國家政策研究基金會] https://web.archive.org/web/20240319000846/https://www.npf.org.tw/3/6121 March 19, 2024 https://www.npf.org.tw/3/6121 South Vietnam's navy stopped Chinese fishing vessels off Hsisha, also known as the Paracel Islands, twice in February 1959. en 2015 Bi-yu Chang Place, Identity and National Imagination in Postwar Taiwan https://books.google.com/books?id=0AaUBwAAQBAJ w:Routledge 978-1-138-78828-2 2014037824 1035436690 28784099M Starting from 2004, the ROC yearbooks dropped the claim to the Hsisha Islands (Paracel Islands). The most likely reason was that the PRC had actual control over this area. By remvoing the Hsisha Islands from the list of 'ROC territories' in the South China Seas, Taiwanese authorities seemed to tacitly acknowledge the PRC's 'ownership' of the islands and also declare itself to be different from the PRC. en February 07, 2016 Chih-yu (zh 石之瑜) Shih Ma dirties waters in the South China Sea https://web.archive.org/web/20160207084355/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/02/07/2003638997 07 February 2016 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Editorials 8 First, the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei expressed its opposition on the eve of Ma’s trip. Vietnam has always been opposed to Taiwan’s claim to the Spratly (Nansha, zh 南沙) and Paracel (Hsisha, zh 西沙) islands. en 2022 Hai Dang Vu Implications of the San Francisco Treaty on Paracel and Spratly Disputes: A Vietnamese Perspective Yoneyuki Sugita; Victor Teo Rethinking the San Francisco System in Indo-Pacific Security https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-1231-3_9 w:Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-981-19-1231-3_9 978-981-19-1231-3 1331703292 The draft (Peace Treaty) stipulated that Japan shall renounce all claims to Nan-wei (Spratly) Island and to the Hsisha (Paracel) Archipelago but does not mention the problem of restitution of sovereignty. en