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The signed commentary was a response to a news report that the Philippines was building shelter for troops on one of the disputed Spratly Islands, which the Chinese call the Nansha Islands.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL WINES 2011
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But he insisted China had sovereignty over the disputed area, known as the Nansha islands by the Chinese and the Spratly islands elsewhere.
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China: Party Newspaper Warns the Philippines China's main Communist Party newspaper sharply warned neighboring nations on Tuesday against asserting their claims to territory in the South China Sea, responding to a news report that the Philippines was building shelter for troops on one of the disputed Spratly Islands, which the Chinese call the Nansha Islands.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL WINES 2011
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Jiang says China owns indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, which is what the Chinese call the Spratlys.
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Also, Life Care Services, a Des Moines, Iowa, firm that manages 104 U.S. retirement communities, says its CRSA subsidiary is consulting a Chinese firm, Oursjia Rental Service Co., that has senior-living developments underway in the cities of Nansha and Beijing.
Housing Operators Put Focus on China Anton Troianovski 2011
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* [THE NANSHA ISLANDS]: Tensions with the Philippines rose on March10th, 2009, the Philippine government passed a law claiming territorial jurisdiction the disputed Nansha Islands.
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A court in Guangzhou's Nansha district, in southern China, in May accepted the lawsuits filed by the three U.S. companies, Zhejiang Southeast Space Frame said last year.
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Mr. Wang said the government was serious about cleaning up the environment, pointing to a recent decision to relocate a controversial oil refinery at a sensitive site in Nansha, on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Guangzhou.
Chinese Leader Cites Need for 'Industrial Restructuring' 2009
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In July 2006, after months of deliberation, China signaled it will choose Nansha as the site for an integrated refining and petrochemical complex proposed by KPC in Guangdong province, according to International Oil Daily.
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In April 2006, the NDRC approved a joint PetroChina/Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) grassroots refinery at Nansha in the coastal city of Guangzhou.
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