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The mayor of Sansha City, the new Chinese city in the Paracel Islands, said the disputed waters would make for an ideal holiday destination.

Before 1909, Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly islands had not been violated by China and other countries.

In China took the Paracel Islands by military force from then-South Vietnam, and Hanoi has continued to claim sovereignty over the islands.

Beijing says its claims over the Spratly and Paracel islands are a "core national interest. "

The Paracel and Spratly archipelagos have been considered Vietnamese territories for many centuries.

There is numerous historical proof of Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracel islands arising out of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1909).

Vietnam, Taiwan, and China each claim all or most of the South China Sea, as well as all of the Spratly and Paracel island groups.

Some also believe that the contested Spratly and Paracel islands sit on vast oil and gas reserves, a claim yet unproven.

The areas with the most overlapping claims are mainly near the Spratly and Paracel island groups.

This work aims to examine the process of establishing Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly islands.

Due to the lack of exploratory drilling, there are no proven oil reserve estimates for the Spratly or Paracel Islands.

Chinese seized the Paracel Islands from Vietnam, with 18 of its troops killed in clashes on one of the islands.

The area includes more than 200 small islands, rocks, and reefs, with the majority located in the Paracel and Spratly Island chains.

After the battle, the PRC regained control over the Paracel Islands.

Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Spratly Islands and to the Paracel Islands.

China has occupied the Paracel Islands, disputed with Vietnam, since a bloody skirmish in 1974.

This is a huge performance boost (and one that another vendor, Paracel takes advantage of).

Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Spartly Islands and to the Paracel Islands.

In 1974, the Chinese navy gained complete control of the Paracel islands after routing the South Vietnamese navy.

Also from the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

Chinese and Vietnamese military forces clashed in the Paracel Islands in 1974 and the Spratly Islands in 1988.

China seized the Paracel Islands in 1974 and Spratley Islands in 1988 from Vietnam in the South China Sea.

The French and English called it Paracel in the 17th and 18th centuries in their maritime maps.

In the 19th and early 20th century, China asserted claims to the Paracel islands.

But the Chinese seized the Paracel Islands from Vietnam in 1974, killing several Vietnamese troops.

The potentially oil-rich Spratly and Paracel Islands, for example, are claimed in whole or part by six countries.

In the past 36 years China has skirmished over the Paracel Islands with Vietnam (1974);