Robert Island

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Robert Island

  1. An island of Sansha, Hainan, China in the South China Sea. Part of the Paracel Islands, also claimed by both Taiwan and Vietnam.
    Synonyms: Round Island, Ganquan Island
    • 1974 January 21, David K. Simpler, “Saigon Says Chinese Control Islands, But Refuses to Admit Complete Defeat”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 April 2018, page 2:
      Peking made claims to the islands a few years ago. Early this month the Foreign Ministry declared the Paracels, in Chinese the Hsishas,‘Chinese territory. Several days later a small band of Chinese, apparently fishermen, landed on Robert Island. They were chased off last Friday by about 30 South Vietnamese Navy commandos, the Saigon military spokesman said.

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