Chung-sha

See also: Chungsha

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 中沙 (Zhōngshā), Wade–Giles romanization: Chung¹-sha¹.

Proper noun

Chung-sha

1. Alternative form of Zhongsha
   • 1964, Theodore Shabad, “CHINA SEA”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[1], volume 5, →OCLC, page 612, column 2:

     Unlike the East China sea, which is devoid of islands, the South China sea is speckled with a vast number of islands and reefs. These are part of the Pratas group (Tung-sha) the Paracel (Hsi-sha Ch’ün-tao group), Macclesfield (Chung-sha bank), and the Spratly (Nan-sha group), all of which are claimed by the People's Republic of China.

   • 1971 September 14, RDHodgson, TVMcIntyre, South China Sea: Up for Grabs‎^[2], Bureau of Intelligence and Research, published 2012, archived from the original on May 12, 2024, page 17:

     ISLETS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
     The list includes only those features that are high-tide elevations. […]
     MACCLESFIELD BANK / Chung-sha Ch'un-Tao / Middle Sand Islands / 15°50'N., 114°20'E.
     SCARBOROUGH SHOAL / Min-chu Chiao / / 15°08'N., 117°45'E.
     South Rock / / / 15°06'N., 117°46'E.

   • 1979, “Problems with Socialist Countries”, in King C. Chen, editor, China and the Three Worlds: A Foreign Policy Reader‎^[3], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 273:

     We have our troops, fishermen and administrative organs on the Hsi-sha and Chung-sha islands, which have been Chinese territory from time immemorial. I remember that while I was still a schoolboy, I read about the islands in the geography books. At that time, I never heard anyone say that those island were not China's.

   • 1982, Marwyn S. Samuels, “Introduction”, in Contest for the South China Sea‎^[4], Methuen Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3:

     And finally, Macclesfield Bank (Chung-sha), one of the principal groups claimed by China, is actually a permanently submerged atoll.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chung-sha.