The South China Sea (54 page)

Shangri-La Dialogue
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Shanmugam K. (Singaporean foreign minister)
(i)
,
(ii)

Shashoujian
.
See
Assassin's mace

Shen Bao
(i)

Shun Pao.
See
Shen Bao

Silver
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Singapore:
(i)
; attitudes to history
(i)
; Chinese nature of
(i)
; Five Power Defence Arrangement
(i)
; history
(i)
,
(ii)
; military
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; Penny Black pub
(i)
; relations with China
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; relations with Southeast Asia
(i)
,
(ii)
; relations with USA
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; Shangri-La Dialogue
(i)

Sinopec (oil company)
(i)

Smithsonian Institution
(i)

SOA.
See
China State Oceanic Administration

Socotra Rock, Yellow Sea
(i)

Solheim, Wilhem (archaeologist)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Song Dynasty
(i)

Song Ruixang (Chinese minister)
(i)

South East Asia Command (SEAC)
(i)

South East Asia Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC)
(i)
,
(ii)

South East Asia Friendship and Economic Treaty (SEAFET)
(i)

South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO)
(i)
,
(ii)

South Korea.
See
Korea, Republic of

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)
(i)
,
(ii)

Southeast Asia, origin of term
(i)

Spice Islands.
See
Maluku Islands

Spratly Island: 1930 visit by French warship
(i)
,
(ii)
; British claim
(i)
; life on
(i)

Spratly Islands: 1933 French annexation of
(i)
,
(ii)
; 1946 Chinese expedition
(i)
; 1946 Philippines claim
(i)
; 1956 occupation of
(i)
; 1973 annexation by RVN
(i)
; 1975 seizure by DRV
(i)
; 1983 Malaysian occupations; 1988 Chinese occupations
(i)
; life in
(i)
; mapping of
(i)
,
(ii)
; Second World War
(i)

Spratly, Captain Richard
(i)

Srivijaya
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Stenseth, Leni
(i)

Storey, Ian
(i)
,
(ii)

Subic Bay, Philippines
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Submarines
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Suharto (Indonesian president)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Sukarno (Indonesian president)
(i)

Sumatra
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)

Sun Yat-sen
(i)

Surin Pitsuwan (ASEAN Secretary-General)
(i)

Surveying
(i)
; British
(i)
,
(ii)
; Chinese
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; German
(i)
; Philippine
(i)
,
(ii)

Swallow Reef
(i)
,
(ii)

TAC.
See
Treaty of Amity and Cooperation

Taiping
(RoC warship)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Taiping Island.
See
Itu Aba

Taiping Rebellion
(i)

Taiwan (
see also
China): 1995/6 crisis
(i)
; history
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; involvement in SCS workshops
(i)
; legal situation of
(i)
; military
(i)
; occupation of Itu Abua
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; resolving disputes
(i)
; US defence of
(i)
,
(ii)

Talisman (oil company)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Tan Sri Khoo (businessman)
(i)

Tang Dynasty
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Tang Treasure
(i)

Tea
(i)
,
(ii)

Thailand: history
(i)
; military
(i)
; relations with Cambodia
(i)
,
(ii)
; relations with China
(i)
; relations with
Southeast Asia
(i)
; relations with USA
(i)
,
(ii)
;

Thailand, Gulf of
(i)

Thayer, Carl
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Thitu Island (
Pagasa
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)

Thompson, Randall C.
(i)
,
(ii)

TNK-BP (oil company)
(i)

Tokyo
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Tonkin
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Tonkin, Gulf of
(i)
,
(ii)

Tønnesson, Stein
(i)
,
(ii)

Torode, Greg (journalist)
(i)

Townsend-Gault, Ian (Canadian academic)
(i)
,
(ii)

TPP.
See
Trans-Pacific Partnership

Tran Dang Thanh (Vietnamese Communist Party)
(i)

Tran Van Chon (RVN Navy)
(i)

Trans-Pacific Partnership
(i)

Treaty of Amity and Cooperation: 1967 signing of
(i)
; US accession to
(i)

Tuna
(i)

U-shaped line: cause of conflict in SCS,
(i)
,
(ii)
; incompatibility with UNCLOS,
(i)
,
(ii)
; meaning of,
(i)
; oil exploration and, Chapter
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; origin of
(i)
; overlap with Indonesian EEZ,
(i)
; Philippines legal case against
(i)
,
(ii)
; printed in Chinese passports,
(i)
,
(ii)
; submission to UNCLCS 2009,
(i)
,
(ii)
; Vietnamese anger against,
(i)

UNEP.
See
United Nations Environment Programme

Unequal treaties
(i)

United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; China and
(i)
,
(ii)
; Colonia and
(i)
;
(i)
; definitions of islands
(i)
; drafting
(i)
,
(ii)
; historic rights and
(i)
; military activities in
(i)
; Philippines and
(i)
,
(ii)
; sea level rise and
(i)
; United States and
(i)
,
(ii)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
(i)

United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
(i)

United States: Energy Information Administration
(i)
; Freedom of Navigation programme
(i)
; Geological Survey
(i)
; Joint Operational Access Concept
(i)
,
(ii)
; Navy
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
; Pacific Command (PACOM)
(i)
,
(ii)
; State Department
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

USGS.
See
United States, Geological Survey

USNS Impeccable
(i)
;
(i)

USS Decker
(i)
,
(ii)

USSR
(i)

Uyghurs
(i)
,
(ii)

van Heemskerk, Jacob (Dutch admiral)
(i)

van Ittersum, Martine Julia (historian)
(i)
,
(ii)

van Linschoten, Jan Huyghen
(i)

van Tol, Jan (US official)
(i)
,
(ii)

Vanguard Bank
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC)
(i)
,
(ii)

Veritas Voyager (survey vessel)
(i)
,
(ii)

Veritas Viking 2 (survey vessel)
(i)

Vietnam: claim to islands
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; French occupation
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; history
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; legal situation of
(i)
; military
(i)
; nationalism
(i)
; oil
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; Paracels battle
(i)
; relations with Cambodia
(i)
; relations with China
(i)
,
(ii)
; relations with India
(i)
; relations with US
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

VietSovPetro
(i)

Vung Tau, Vietnam
(i)
,
(ii)

Wade, Geoff (historian)
(i)
,
(ii)

Wain, Barry (journalist)
(i)

Walterfang, Tilman
(i)

Wan-li Shi-tang
(i)
,
(ii)

Watkins, Gretchen H. (oil executive)
(i)

Weibo
(i)
,
(ii)

Welwood, William
(i)

Westphalia, Peace of
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Woody Island, Paracels
(i)
; 1947 Chinese occupation of
(i)
; Chinese construction on
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; Second World War occupation of
(i)

Workshops on managing potential conflicts in the South China Sea
(i)

World War II.
See
Second World War

Wu Bangguo
(i)
,
(ii)

Wu Shengli (Chinese admiral)
(i)

Wu Shicun (Chinese official)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Xi Jinping
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Xisha.
See
Paracel Islands

Yalta Conference
(i)

Ye Jianming
(i)

Yuan Dynasty.
See
Mongols

Yuan Weishi (Chinese historian)
(i)

Yulin (Chinese naval base)
(i)

Zaragoza, Treaty of
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Zha Daojiong (Chinese academic)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Zhang Hongzhou (Singapore academic)
(i)

Zhang Wei (Chinese archaeologist)
(i)

Zhang Zhaozhang (Chinese admiral)
(i)

Zheng He (Chinese admiral)
(i)

Zhongsha.
See
Macclesfield Bank

Zhou Enlai
(i)

Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship and Cooperation (ZoPFFC)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)