TY  - BOOK
AU  - SLOCOMBE Geoff
TI  - The Spratly Islands: powderkeg
PY  - 2015///
KW  - SOUTH CHINA SEA
KW  - MARITIME
KW  - CHINA
KW  - SPRATLY ISLANDS
KW  - TERRITORIAL CLAIMS
N2  - Increasing population pressures and rising living standards in the oil-based economies of countries bordering the South China Sea has led to more confrontations around the Spratly Islands, as six nations jostle to establish their sovereignty claims to this rich fishing ground and known, but as yet little exploited, source of crude oil and natural gas
ER  -