Dongsha Island
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Dongsha Island , formerly Pratas Island , in the South China Sea, administered by Hainan prov., SE China. The island has guano deposits. It was occupied by the Japanese in 1907-9 and again in 1939-45.
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