Related links: Status of Nansha Islands' Occupation by Claimants
The Occupation Status of Spratly Islands of China by all Claimants

 

 

 

1. Estimated Occupational Forces in Taking Control of the Spratly Islands

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Notes:

Vietnam reportedly sent troops to seize two additional submerged reefs in the Spratly Islands (probably Orleana Shoal and Kingston Shoal on Rifleman Bank) in September 1998 and Malaysia constructed new facilities at Investigator Shoal in June 1999. These actions could increase the number of occupied locations in Table 1.1 to about 49 occupied locations in the Spratly Islands. A classified U.S. government report obtained by the Kyodo news agency placed the number of Chinese troops in the Spratlys in 1999 at 325. See Dario Agnote, "China to Continue Military Buildup in Spratly Islands," Washington Times, (October 22, 1999), A14.

2. Occupied Locations among the Spratyly Islands, circa 2000

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* Vietnam reportedly sent troops to seize two additional submerged reefs in the Spratly Islands (probably Orleana Shoal and Kingston Shoal on Rifleman Bank) in September 1998, but there has been no firm information on these actions. In comaprison, Malaysia's move to construct facilities at Investigator Shoal in June 1999 has been well documented.

--Materials from "Cooperative Monitoring in the South China Sea", 2002, edited by John C. Baker and David G. Wiencek, Praeger Publishers, Westport, Connecticut London

 

  

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