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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanized population is concentrated. The combined territories under ROC control consist of 168 islands in total covering . The largest metropolitan area
South China Sea
Marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean
Ladakh
Spratly Islands
group of reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands
mainland China
geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions
Senkaku Islands
group of islands in East Asia
Sino-Indian War
1962 war between India and China
Paracel Islands
group of islands, reefs, banks and other maritime features in the South China Sea
New Territories
region in Hong Kong
Matsu Islands
archipelago of 19 islands and islets in Fujian Province, ROC
Sino-Soviet border conflict
1969 undeclared conflict between USSR and People's Republic of China
Kowloon Walled City
human settlement in Kowloon City, Hong Kong
Outer Mongolia
historical region
territorial disputes in the South China Sea
disputes over ownership of islands in the South China Sea
Zhenbao Island
island in China
nine-dash line
map delineating Chinese territorial claims to South China Sea waters
Tsona City
Tsona City (, ), formerly Tsona County, is a county-level city in Shannan Prefecture in the southeastern part of the Tibet region of China. Tsona means "The face of the [Nara Yumco] lake" in Tibetan. It lies immediately to the north of the McMahon Line agreed as the mutual border between British India and Tibet in 1914. China has not accepted the 1914 border delineation, but treats it as the Line of Actual Control (LAC); for this reason, China considers Tsona city to also contain part of the disputed territory of South Tibet/Arunachal Pradesh; under China's claimed border, Tsona city would inc
Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island
sedimentary island at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur rivers
Scarborough Shoal
atoll and reef in the South China Sea
Senkaku Islands dispute
Territorial dispute over the Senkaku Islands that intensified after the discovery of potential hydrocarbon resources in the 1970s
Zayu County
county in Nyingchi, Tibet, China
Taiping Island
island in the South China Sea administered by Taiwan
Hotan County
county of Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Tannu Uriankhai
historic region of the Mongol Empire
Woody Island (SCS)
disputed island in Xisha District in South East Asia (South China Sea)
2017 China–India border standoff
military dispute over road construction
Shandong Problem
dispute over Shandong Peninsula after Treaty of Versailles
Socotra Rock
submerged rock 4.6 metres below sea level in the Yellow Sea
Macclesfield Bank
ocean bank in the South China Sea
Great Wall of Sand
Chinese construction of artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea
Second Thomas Shoal
Reef in the South China Sea
Spratly Islands dispute
territorial dispute
Sixty-Four Villages East of the River
human-geographic territorial entity
East China Sea EEZ disputes
economic disputes over the East China Sea
Tibet Area
former province-level administrative division of China
Rocky Island, South China Sea
island in People's Republic of China
territorial disputes of the People's Republic of China
overview of territorial disputes invoving China
Five Fingers of Tibet
Chinese territorial claim on five regions (Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh) that border Tibet
Jiandao
Jiandao or Chientao, known in Korean as Gando or Kando, is a historical border region along the north bank of the Tumen River in Jilin Province, Northeast China, that has a high population of ethnic Koreans. The word "Jiandao", literally "Middle Island", originally referred to a shoal in Tumen River between today's Chuankou Village, Kaishantun in Longjing, Jilin, China, and Chongsŏng, Onsong County, in North Korea. The island was an important landmark for immigrants from the Korean Peninsula looking to settle across the river. As the number of immigrants increased, the area covered by the name
2010 Senkaku boat collision incident
international incident
Dadeng Subdistrict
subdistrict in Fujian Province, China
Yagong Island
island located in Paracel Islands
Dangerous Ground
large area in the southeast part of the South China Sea
Chinese salami slicing theory
Chinese foreign strategy using small provocations to cumulatively produce a much larger result, e.g. in the South China Sea
Mongolia Area
Administrative division of the Republic of China
Surigh Yilganing Kol
Alkaline lake in Aksai Chin
Sabina Shoal
Atoll of Spratly Islands in South China Sea
Pattle Island
island belonging to the Paracel Islands
Xisha District
District in Hainan, People's Republic of China
Pratas Island
island in the South China Sea