Hsi-sha

From Mandarin 西沙 (Xīshā) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-sha¹.

Hsi-sha

1. Alternative form of Xisha.
   • 1963 March 28 [1962], Ch'en Tung-k'ang (7115 2767 1660) [陳棟康], “Our Country's South Sea Archipelagoes”, in Wu Han (0702 2498) [吳晗], editor, Our Country's South Sea Archipelagoes‎^[1], Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wo-kuo Ti Nan-hai Chu-tao^{[sic – meaning Chun-tao]}, Pei-ping, 1962, pages 1-32, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 3:

     The group in the west is called the Hsi-sha Islands. It is located to the southeast of the Hainan Island, about 330 kilometers from the famous fishing bay of the Hainan Island, the Yu-lin Bay. It is composed of a large group of islands, islets, shoals, and reefs.

   • 1964, Theodore Shabad, “CHINA SEA”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[2], volume 5, →OCLC, page 612, column 2:

     Unlike the East China sea, which is devoid of islands, the South China sea is speckled with a vast number of islands and reefs. These are part of the Pratas group (Tung-sha) the Paracel (Hsi-sha Ch’ün-tao group), Macclesfield (Chung-sha bank), and the Spratly (Nan-sha group), all of which are claimed by the People's Republic of China.

   • 1979, “Problems with Socialist Countries”, in King C. Chen, editor, China and the Three Worlds: A Foreign Policy Reader‎^[3], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 273:

     Since then, there have been disputes over the question of ownership of the Hsi-sha and Nan-sha islands. The navy of the Nguyen Van Thieu Regime even fought with us at Hsi-sha, ending in a disastrous defeat for them. The Chiang Kai-shek clique now occupies some of the Nan-sha islands.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsi-sha.