Tungsha

alternative also Tung-sha · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Dongsha

1. Synonym of Pratas.

   At present, the Nationalists are using four LSMs to supply troops stationed on Tungsha and Nansha Islands.

   1978 July 24 [1977 February], Ti Tsung-heng, Who Will Control the Taiwan Straits in the Future?, United States Joint Publications Research Service, page 27

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   Reports were common of a Sino-British agreement for British co-operation in the economic development of South China, including British financing of a railway in Hainan, the establishment of an airdrome on Tungsha Island southeast of Hongkong, an oil depot in the Sesha Islands southwest of Hainan, and the development of mines in South China.

   1940, Irving S. Friedman, British Relations With China: 1931-1939, Institute of Pacific Relations, →OCLC, page 81

   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

   Taiwan has also retained control of the Pescadores (Penghu) and Pratas island (Tungsha), and it maintains a garrison on one of the islands in the Spratly gorup (54), where it has rejected claims made by the Philippines.

   1987, Andrew Boyd, “Taiwan”, in An Atlas of World Affairs, 8th edition, Methuen & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 152

   TWO hundred and twenty-seven miles from Macau, in the South China Sea, the burgundy jet was passing over Tungsha Island, inbound for landing.

   2003, Clive Cussler, Golden Buddha, Berkley Books, published 2007, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 156

   President Chen visited the Tungsha Island today and inaugurated the Fifth Maritime Patrol Squad of the Coast Guard Administration. Upon his arrival at the island, President Chen was briefed on the situation of Tungsha and islets of the archipelago.

   Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)

   2005 July 28, “President Chen Visits Tungsha Islands”, in 中華民國總統府 [Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)], archived from the original on 09 Jul 2020

   Synonyms: Pratas