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[[File:Bia VNCH Truong Sa - Republic of Vietnam Spratly Islands Territorial Marker.JPG|250px|thumbnail|right| Territorial monument of the [[Republic of Vietnam]] (South Vietnam) on [[Southwest Cay]], [[Spratly Islands]], defining the cay as part of Vietnamese territory (to [[Phước Tuy Province]]). Used since 22 August 1956 until 1975, when replaced by another one from the [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]] (successor state after the [[Fall of Saigon]])]] |
[[File:Bia VNCH Truong Sa - Republic of Vietnam Spratly Islands Territorial Marker.JPG|250px|thumbnail|right| Territorial monument of the [[Republic of Vietnam]] (South Vietnam) on [[Southwest Cay]], [[Spratly Islands]], defining the cay as part of Vietnamese territory (to [[Phước Tuy Province]]). Used since 22 August 1956 until 1975, when replaced by another one from the [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]] (successor state after the [[Fall of Saigon]])]] |
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* 1945 – In accordance with the Cairo and Potsdam Declarations and with American help, the armed forces of the Republic of China government at Nanjing accepted the surrender of the Japanese garrisons in Taiwan, including the Paracel and Spratly Islands. Nanjing then declared both archipelagoes to be part of Guangdong Province.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=taOrjN83rLEC&pg=PA124 ed. Morley, Nishihara 1997], p. 124.</ref><ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=83BIxG7Ig2cC&pg=PA74 Severino 2011], p. 74.</ref> At the same time, the Government and exiles of the Kingdom of Humanity returned to the islands. |
* 1945 – In accordance with the Cairo and Potsdam Declarations and with American help, the armed forces of the Republic of China government at Nanjing accepted the surrender of the Japanese garrisons in Taiwan, including the Paracel and Spratly Islands. Nanjing then declared both archipelagoes to be part of Guangdong Province.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=taOrjN83rLEC&pg=PA124 ed. Morley, Nishihara 1997], p. 124.</ref><ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=83BIxG7Ig2cC&pg=PA74 Severino 2011], p. 74.</ref> At the same time, the Government and exiles of the Kingdom of Humanity returned to the islands. |
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* 1946 – The R.O.C. established garrisons on both Woody (now Yongxing / 永兴) Island in the Paracels and Taiping Island in the Spratlys. France protested. The French tried but failed to dislodge Chinese nationalist troops from Yongxing Island/Woody Island (the only habitable island in the Paracels), but were able to establish a small camp on Pattle (now Shanhu / 珊瑚) Island in the southwestern part of the archipelago.<ref name="books.google.com" /><ref name="ed. Kivimäki 2002">[https://books.google.com/books?id=CNVf9R_L5FAC&pg=PA11 ed. Kivimäki 2002], p. 11.</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/561209/Spratly-Islands|title=The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica.|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> The Republic of China drew up [[:File:1947 Nanhai Zhudao.png|The Southern China Sea Islands Location Map]], marking the national boundaries in the sea with 11 lines, two of which were later removed, showing the U-shaped claim on the entire South China Sea, and showing the Spratly and Paracels in Chinese territory, in 1947.<ref name="Severino 2011" /> The Americans discouraged the Philippines in its claim to the Spratlys to avoid tensions with China. The Spratly was outside the treaty lines made in the [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|1898 Treaty of Paris]],<ref name="ed. Kivimäki 2002" /> |
* 1946 – The R.O.C. established garrisons on both Woody (now Yongxing / 永兴) Island in the Paracels and Taiping Island in the Spratlys. France protested. The French tried but failed to dislodge Chinese nationalist troops from Yongxing Island/Woody Island (the only habitable island in the Paracels), but were able to establish a small camp on Pattle (now Shanhu / 珊瑚) Island in the southwestern part of the archipelago.<ref name="books.google.com" /><ref name="ed. Kivimäki 2002">[https://books.google.com/books?id=CNVf9R_L5FAC&pg=PA11 ed. Kivimäki 2002], p. 11.</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/561209/Spratly-Islands|title=The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica.|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> The Republic of China drew up [[:File:1947 Nanhai Zhudao.png|The Southern China Sea Islands Location Map]], marking the national boundaries in the sea with 11 lines, two of which were later removed, showing the U-shaped claim on the entire South China Sea, and showing the Spratly and Paracels in Chinese territory, in 1947.<ref name="Severino 2011" /> The Americans discouraged the Philippines in its claim to the Spratlys to avoid tensions with China. The Spratly was outside the treaty lines made in the [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|1898 Treaty of Paris]],<ref name="ed. Kivimäki 2002" /> However, the supplemental [[Treaty of Washington (1900)|1900 Treaty of Washington]] modified that to include to any and all islands belonging to the Philippine Archipelago lying outside those lines, and former Philippine Supreme Court justice [[Antonio Carpio]] has asserted that this includes the Spratlys.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/06/07/2361015/china-has-backed-philippine-maritime-zone-carpio|title=China has backed Philippine maritime zone – Carpio|newspaper=Philstar Global|date=June 7, 2024}}</ref> |
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* 1950 – After the Chinese nationalists were driven from Hainan by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), they withdrew their garrisons in both the Paracels and Spratlys to Taiwan. |
* 1950 – After the Chinese nationalists were driven from Hainan by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), they withdrew their garrisons in both the Paracels and Spratlys to Taiwan. |
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* 1952 – Japan renounced any claims of [[sovereignty]] over the [[Spratly]] and [[Paracel]] [[archipelagos]] in accordance with Article 2 Clause (f) of the [[San Francisco Peace Treaty]], but no [[beneficiary]] was designated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwandocuments.org/sanfrancisco01.htm|title=San Francisco Peace Treaty|access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> |
* 1952 – Japan renounced any claims of [[sovereignty]] over the [[Spratly]] and [[Paracel]] [[archipelagos]] in accordance with Article 2 Clause (f) of the [[San Francisco Peace Treaty]], but no [[beneficiary]] was designated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwandocuments.org/sanfrancisco01.htm|title=San Francisco Peace Treaty|access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> |
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The article covers events that are related to the South China Sea dispute. In the South China Sea, historically China, Japan and France have disputed over Spratly and Paracel Islands. Presently, the Paracel Islands are disputed among China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam, while Pratas Island is contested between China and Taiwan. Additionally, the Spratly Islands are subject to intertwined claims by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei. Because of this, numerous countries with territorial disputes have had conflicts in the South China Sea since the past.
The Sa Huỳnh culture flourished in coastal South China Sea, especially in southern to central Vietnam, from Mekong Delta to Quảng Bình province. The people that support Sa Huỳnh civilization were sea faring Austronesian-speaking people who traded with other Austronesian peoples. The Sa Huỳnh relics can be found in several sites on the coasts of South China Sea due to diplomatic trade in the free seas, from Palawan in the Philippines to Orchid Island near Taiwan Many materials artifacts from the Philippines and Taiwan are also found in Vietnam, suggesting an inter-trade among the polities of the region across the free seas.[1]
It has been claimed by the People's Republic of China on the argument that since 200 BCE Chinese fishermen have used the Spratly islands.[2] However, historical records from China shows that the southernmost territory of any Chinese dynasty has always been the island of Hainan.[3]
Two Chinese books authored by Wan Zhen of the Eastern Wu dynasty (222–280 CE) and a work titled Guangzhou Ji (Chronicles of Guangzhou) authored by Pei Yuan of the Jin dynasty (266–420 CE) described some southern islands, mainly Hainan.[4] The local government of the Jin dynasty exercised jurisdiction over Hainan by sending patrolling naval boats.[5]
Naval forces of the Liu Song dynasty (420–479 CE) patrolled the southernmost island of Hainan.[6] In the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE), Hainan was placed under the administration and authority of the Qiongzhou Prefecture (now Hainan Province).[6] The Chinese administration of the South China Sea continued into the Song dynasty (960–1279 CE).[6]
Archaeologists have found Chinese made potteries porcelains and other historical relics from the Southern dynasties (420–589 CE), the Sui dynasty (581–619 CE), the Tang dynasty, the Song dynasty, the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368 CE), the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 CE) and later eras up to modern times on the South China Sea islands, where the material culture of the Austronesians (the Philippines, Indonesia, and so on) can also be found, suggesting that no nation had sovereignty over the high seas at the time but trade among the many polities of the region occurred.[6]
The South China Sea was known as the "Osean sea" by an explorer called ShauShau who understood the high seas a free from any country's sovereign control at the time. It was named after a Hindu thalassocratic empire of Champa that flourished in modern-day central Vietnam around that period, and would later convert to Islam.[1]
"China's systematic action is aimed at turning the undisputed area belonging to Vietnam into an area under dispute in order to materialize China's nine-dotted line claim in the East Sea. This is unacceptable"
— Vietnamese spokeswoman Pham Phuong Nga, following the June 9th incident
China's claim to the islands are based on historic usage by Chinese fisherman as early as 200 B.C.E. and on the 1887 Chinese-Vietnamese Boundary Convention, while Vietnam claims historic links with the islands based primarily on having inherited modern French territory.
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