TY  - BOOK
AU  - POLING Gregory B
TI  - On dangerous ground: America's century in the South China Sea / 
SN  - 9780197633984 (hbk.)
U1  - 341.448 POL 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - SOUTH CHINA SEA
KW  - INTERNATIONAL STATUS
KW  - SPRATLY ISLANDS
KW  - INTERNATIONAL LAW
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - There is no record of any Chinese objections to Gia Long's annexation of the Paracels or subsequent Vietnamese activity there. When German and Japanese ships carrying insured British copper wrecked on the islands in 1895 and 1896, Chinese authorities foreswore any responsibility for them. Chinese fishers had salvaged the wrecks, prompting the insurance company to demand compensation from those responsible
ER  -