"Chung-sha" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 中沙 (Zhōngshā), Wade–Giles romanization: Chung¹-sha¹.",
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          "ref": "1964, Theodore Shabad, “CHINA SEA”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 5, →OCLC, page 612, column 2:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1971 September 14, RDHodgson, TVMcIntyre, South China Sea: Up for Grabs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, published 2012, archived from the original on 2024-05-12, page 17:",
          "text": "ISLETS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA\nThe list includes only those features that are high-tide elevations.[…]\nMACCLESFIELD BANK / Chung-sha Ch'un-Tao / Middle Sand Islands / 15°50'N., 114°20'E.\nSCARBOROUGH SHOAL / Min-chu Chiao / / 15°08'N., 117°45'E.\nSouth Rock / / / 15°06'N., 117°46'E.",
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          "ref": "1979, “Problems with Socialist Countries”, in King C. Chen, editor, China and the Three Worlds: A Foreign Policy Reader, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 273:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "And finally, Macclesfield Bank (Chung-sha), one of the principal groups claimed by China, is actually a permanently submerged atoll.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "ISLETS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA\nThe list includes only those features that are high-tide elevations.[…]\nMACCLESFIELD BANK / Chung-sha Ch'un-Tao / Middle Sand Islands / 15°50'N., 114°20'E.\nSCARBOROUGH SHOAL / Min-chu Chiao / / 15°08'N., 117°45'E.\nSouth Rock / / / 15°06'N., 117°46'E.",
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