Примеры употребления для Spratly Islands
1. The Spratly Islands are a string of tiny islands in an area that is claimed all or in part by China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines.
2. Miriam Defensor Santiago issued the warning as opposition senators pushed for a inquiry into a controversial agreement on the disputed Spratly Islands that the Philippines signed with the governments of China and Vietnam.
3. China has also been locked in an uneasy stand off with the Philippines, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations over the ownership of the potentially oil–rich Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
4. Vietnam has assured its communist ally and giant northern neighbor it will not allow demonstrators to disrupt the parade, though students have threatened to protest China‘s claim to the disputed Spratly Islands.
5. Vietnam has enough historical evidence and sufficient a legal basis to confirm its sovereignty over both the Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Le Dung, on April 11.