Subject: Re: Manila Asks Hanoi to Explain Spratly Joyride<br/>
Date: Apr 22, 2004 @ 17:35<br/>
Author: Henry Hirose (&quot;Henry Hirose&quot; &lt;silentcity@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-270727083">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@o...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; the paracel islands too are claimed by 3 countries <br/>
&gt; namely cntwvn <br/>
&gt; but are occupied only by china<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>There is also the Pratas (Dongsha) Islands which are much closer to <br/>
the Chinese mainland which are occupied by Taiwan.<br/>
<br/>
There was a report from 2000 which stated that the city of Kaohsiung, <br/>
under which jurisdiction Dongsha falls, was to start tourist cruises <br/>
to the islands.  But I cannot find any more coverage of the issue.<br/>
<br/>
The below link is for this article, in Japanese:<br/>
<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.roc-taiwan.or.jp/news/week/1949/115.html">http://www.roc-taiwan.or.jp/news/week/1949/115.html</a><br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; & <br/>
&gt; since china & taiwan & vietnam all likewise claim all the spratlys <br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cat.middlebury.edu/southchinasea/macand/">http://cat.middlebury.edu/southchinasea/macand/</a><br/>
&gt; it would appear that the perhaps 8 spratlys that are also claimed <br/>
&gt; by the philippines <br/>
&gt; & the perhaps 4 other spratlys that are also claimed by malaysia <br/>
&gt; comprise all together the dozen most claimed territories in the <br/>
&gt; world<br/>
&gt; being evidently all tied at 4 claimants each<br/>
&gt; whether cnphtwvn or cnmytwvn<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I believe that Brunei also claims the Spratlys which does make it the <br/>
most contested lands on earth.<br/>
<br/>
As for islands that are claimed by three countries, there are the <br/>
offshore islands of the Antarctic Peninsula.  These are included in <br/>
the Antarctic territories of Britain, Chile, and Argentina.  The <br/>
caveat is that due to the Antarctic Treaty, all territorial claims to <br/>
lands south of the 60 parallel are held in abeyance, thus not <br/>
exercised.<br/>
<br/>
Henry Hirose</div>