Hsisha

"After that France kept a watchful eye on Hsisha Island and sent warships there and declared that she had taken possession of Hsisha Island, together with the other Paracel Islands. But as the result of Japanese protests the French claim was abandoned.

1938 July 13 [1938 July 5], Suiharu Hirata, quotee, “Industrialist Claims Paracels”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume CCVIII, number 3701, Shanghai, sourced from Tokyo, →OCLC, page 58, column 1

Johnson Apr. 24 issued an executive order designating Vietnam and the waters adjacent to it a “combat zone.” The “combat zone,” according to Peking’s reading, included part of China’s territorial waters in the vicinity of Hsisha Island.

1975, “Collision Course in Vietnam (1965)”, in Kwan Ha Yim, editor, China & the U.S., 1964-72, New York: Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 77

After Japanese imperialism occupied the Tungsha Islands in 1907, Chang Jen-chun, Governor of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, made representations to the Japanese Consul in Kwangchow to recover the Tungsha Islands and, in April 1909, sent more than 170 people under Admiral Li Chun and Captains Wu Ching-jung and Liu Yi-kuan to the Hsisha Islands.

1975 December 12, Shih Ti-tsu, “South China Sea Islands, Chinese Territory Since Ancient Times”, in Peking Review, volume 18, number 50, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2012, page 13

Surveys made by Chinese archaeologists of historical relics on the Hsisha Islands have yielded excellent results including many important discoveries.

1976, “Relics on Hsisha Islands”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XV, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 65, column 1

The Ministry also said the Hsisha Islands are “an integral part of the territory of the Republic of China,” refuting Vietnam claims.

1976 June 6, “ROC reiterates ownership of southern islets”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVII, number 22, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 5