Hsisha

From Mandarin 西沙 (Xīshā) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-sha¹.

Hsisha

1. Alternative form of Xisha
   • 1975, “Collision Course in Vietnam (1965)”, in Kwan Ha Yim, editor, China & the U.S., 1964-72‎, New York: Facts on File, →ISBN, LCCN 72-80832, OCLC 946320151, page 77:

     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 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 October 2012, retrieved 21 June 2022, page 13:

     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.

   • 1976, “Relics on Hsisha Islands”, in Eastern Horizon‎, volume XV, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, ISSN 0012-8813, OCLC 751117974, page 65, column 1:

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

   • 1976 June 6, “ROC reiterates ownership of southern islets”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XVII, number 22, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 1, column 5:

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

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsisha.