History of the Nanhai (South China Sea) and the Spratly Islands
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- Manila cites U.S. pact in dispute with China
- Reuters, 13 November 1998. Brief news item that the Philippines suggest its
mutual defense treaty with the U.S. would deter further moves by China
in the disputed Spratly Islands.
- Islands, isles, atolls & sandbars in S. China Sea
- A dialog on Southeast Asia list, November 1999. The geopolitical consequences
in the South China Sea were Indonesia to break up.
- South China Sea * Spratly Islands
- From Vincent K Pollard, 26 November 1999. Brief summary of new item that
the PRC at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit declined
support of a draft "code of conduct" aimed at preventing clashes in
the Spratlys islands and other disputed South China Sea territories.
- Rep. of China and the South China Sea Code of Conduct
- A dialog on the Southeast Asia Discussion List, November 1999. Discussion
of the exclusion of the ROC from PRC's Code of Conduct about the South China Sea.
The competing claims to the area.
History of the Spratly Islands
- Vietnam, China in new maritime dispute
- In the Straits Times 24 November 1997. News item: Vietnam protests
China's grant to U.S. oil company, Atlantic Richfield (Arco) exploration
rights in waters which Hanoi claims as its exclusive economic zone.
- The Beijing-Manila Spratlys feud heats up
- By Antonio Lopez and David Hsieh, in Asia Week, 13 April 1999. Anxious
to reduce tensions in the Spratly islands, Manila offers to host friendly
sporting competitions on Pag-asa, the largest of eight isles it occupies.
- China-Philippine ties calm despite dispute
- From The Straits Times, 13 November 1998. President Joseph Estrada
had sent more navy and air force patrols to Mischief Reef in the disputed
Spratly Islands last week after Beijing rejected a diplomatic protest lodged
by Manila over Chinese activity on the coral reef.
- China Insists Spratly Islands Dispute is Regional
- By Thalif Deen, IPS, 7 December 1999. Ambassador Gao Feng of China tells
the UN General Assembly that a settlement of the dispute should be through
peaceful means and intervention from nations outside the region would only
complicate the issue.