英和和英

固有名詞

Sisha

1. Alternative form of Xisha.
   • 2006 December 24, “Taiwan steps up patrol in disputed South China Sea: report”, in Yahoo News‎, sourced from TAIPEI (AFP), archived from the original on May 14, 2024‎:

     The coastguards, whose frigates previously sailed to Tongsha (Pratas) once every month, have extend patrols to the disputed Sisha (Paracel) islets, which are about 1,100 kilometers from Taiwan, the Liberty Times said.
     Tongsha is some 455 kilometers (273 miles) from Taiwan.
     The new patrol area also covers waters off the disputed Jhongsha (Macclesfileld Bank) islands, it said.

   • 2007, “Geography”, in Taiwan Yearbook 2007‎, Government Information Office, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 2:

     Taiwan maintains a historical claim to the islands of the South China Sea. Four groups of vast area: the Dongsha (Pratas) Islands, Nansha (Spratly) Islands, Sisha (Paracel) Islands, and Jhongsha (Macclesfield Bank) Islands. Currently, Taiwan’s effective jurisdiction includes the Dongsha Islands and Taiping (Itu Aba) Island in the Nansha Islands.

   • 2009 February 6, “TAIWAN NEWS QUICK TAKE”, in Taipei Times‎, sourced from CNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 09, 2009, Taiwan News, page 4‎:

     The ministry said Taiwan’s sovereignty claim was beyond doubt and challenge, stressing that all four groups of islands in the South China Sea — the Nansha, Jhongsha, Dongsha (Pratas) and Sisha (Paracel) — and their surrounding waters were Taiwan’s territories from a historical, geographical, factual and international law perspective.

   • 2009 March, Maxwell Colby LaFrance, “China's Strategic Nuclear Decision Making During Crisis”, in Worcester Polytechnic Institute‎, archived from the original on May 01, 2024, pages 59–60:

     The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) issued a statement Wednesday reiterating the Republic of China’s historical claim to islands and reefs in the South China Sea, including the Spratlys. The MOFA statement came after the two chambers of the Philippine legislature -- the Senate and House of Representatives -- passed bills, to annex some isles and reefs of the Spratly Islands (better known as Nansha in Chinese) and Macclesfield Bank Islands (known locally as Jhongsha) as part of the Philippines’ territory. The MOFA stated that Taiwan’s sovereignty claim is beyond doubt and challenge, stressing that all four groups of islands in the South China Sea -- Nansha, Jhongsha, Dongsha (Pratas) Islands and Sisha (Paracel) Islands -- and their surrounding waters are Taiwan’s territories from a historical, geographical, factual, and international law perspective.

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