The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute among Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam concerning "ownership" of the Spratly Islands, a group of islands and associated "maritime features" (reefs, banks, and cays etc.) located in …

The Spratly Islands (Filipino: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; [1] Mandarin Chinese: 南沙群島/南沙群岛; pinyin: Nánshā Qúndǎo; Malay: Kepulauan Spratly; Vietnamese: Quần đảo Trường Sa) are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea.

The disputes involve the islands, reefs, banks, and other features of the region, including the Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands, Scarborough Shoal, and various boundaries in the Gulf of Tonkin. The waters near the Indonesian Natuna Islands, which some regard as geographically part of the South China Sea, are disputed as well.

15 小时之前 · Occupied by Vietnam since the 1980s, the reef in the Spratly Islands is claimed by several countries in a dispute that has intensified as China and the United States vie for influence in Vietnam.

2024年9月17日 · As early as the 1970s, countries began to claim islands and various zones in the South China Sea, such as the Spratly Islands, which possess rich natural resources and fishing areas.

The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute among Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam concerning "ownership" of the Spratly Islands, a group of islands and associated "maritime features" (reefs, banks, and cays etc.) located in …

2025年1月30日 · Spratly Islands, large group of reefs, shoals, atolls, and small islets in the South China Sea of the Pacific Ocean. They are located north of insular Malaysia and are roughly midway between Vietnam and the Philippines , and they are claimed—wholly or in part—by several countries in the region.

2016年7月18日 · As part of the larger South China Sea dispute, the long-standing Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute regarding ocean areas and the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands to the north - two island chains claimed in whole or …

The Johnson South Reef skirmish took place on 14 March 1988 between military forces of the People's Republic of China and Vietnam, on the Johnson South Reef in the Union Banks region of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea. The Spratly Islands are a group of over 100 small islands, reefs and atolls located in the South China Sea.

China's historical claim over the Nansha Islands (Spratly Islands) dates back to the Sung Dynasty (960-1279), with a formal decree by the Ching Emperor Yung Chen in 1725 incorporating the Islands into China's Kwangtung Province in 1725.