{"id":27,"date":"2023-10-09T05:27:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T23:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/uncategorized\/paracel-islands\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T06:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T01:09:36","slug":"paracel-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/upsc\/paracel-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Paracel Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands and the Hoang Sa Archipelago, are disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Paracel Islands dispute is slightly more complex.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The archipelago includes about 130 small coral islands and reefs, most grouped into the northeast Amphitrite Group or the western Crescent Group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is <strong>almost equidistant from China and Vietnam.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beijing says that references to the Paracel Islands as a part of China&#8217;s sovereign territory can be found in 14th-century writings from the Song Dynasty.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vietnam on the other hand, says that <strong>historical texts from at least the 15th century show that the islands were a part of its territory.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These islands also find mentioned in records starting from the 16th century by explorers who led expeditions to the East.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These include the Portuguese, British, Dutch, French, and Spanish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They have all written about the Paracel Islands in various texts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colonial powers of the French-Indochina further accelerated the tensions with regard to the Islands due to their colonial policies in the 20th century.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By 1954, tensions had dramatically increased between China and Vietnam over the archipelago.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In January 1974, China and Vietnam fought over their territorial disputes after which China took over control of the islands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In retaliation, in 1982, Vietnam said it had extended its administrative powers over these islands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1999, Taiwan jumped into the fray laying its claim over the entire archipelago.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since 2012, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam have attempted to reinforce their claims on the territory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They have engaged in the construction of government administrative buildings, tourism, land-reclamation initiatives, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Countries have also established and expanded their military presence on the archipelago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/paracel-islands.jpg\" alt=\"paracel islands\" class=\"wp-image-21534\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/South-China-Sea-Dispute.png\" alt=\"South China Sea Dispute\" class=\"wp-image-21535\" 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