Meanings
proper nounthe Crescent Group
- An island group of Xisha district, Sansha, Hainan, China (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam).
Mr. Colby: The key to the whole area is the Paracels. There are two groups of islands, the Crescent Group in the south, and the Amphitrite Group in the north.
1974 January 25, “122. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting”, in Bradley Lynn Coleman, editor, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, volume X, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2011, page 510
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