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'Reef of Valor'); Vietnamese: Đá Chữ Thập, is a militarized reef occupied and controlled by China (PRC) as part of Sansha of Hainan Province [2] and is also claimed by the Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan), the Philippines and Vietnam. The atoll was named after the British tea clipper Fiery Cross, which was wrecked on the atoll on 4 March 1860.
Fiery Cross Reef, Yongshu Reef; Gaven Reefs, Nanxun Reef and Xinan Reef ... the concept was invented in 1972 by Vietnam's Bureau of Survey and Cartography of Vietnam ...
This changed dramatically in 2014 with the PRC embarking on large-scale reclamations of the lagoons of Johnson South Reef (~10ha) and Fiery Cross Reef (~230ha), and other reclamations of then unknown extent at the Gaven Reefs and Cuarteron Reef. [1]
Since then, Beijing has constructed military bases on Subi Reef, Johnson Reef, Mischief Reef and Fiery Cross Reef, fortifying its claims on the chain, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency ...
When it started to build the observation post in the terra nullius Fiery Cross Reef, Vietnam sent its navy to the area to monitor the situation. [63] The two states clashed near the Johnson Reef, and after the clash, China occupied the Johnson Reef. [62] Fiery Cross Reef being transformed by the PRC in May 2015
"China has already created very enormous South China Sea military bases on the three islands surrounding Taiping - Subi Reef, Fiery Cross Reef and Mischief Reef - and these are all quite close to ...
Sansha was created on 24 July 2012, [4] and administers a group of 260 islands, reefs and beaches located in the Spratly Islands ... Yongshu Reef (Fiery Cross Reef)
Fiery Cross Reef: Disputed: 2.74 200 Currently being converted into an island by China as part of the Great Wall of Sand. Also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. Pulau Punggol Barat Singapore: 1.92 0 Bahrain Bay Bahrain: 1.35 100 Peberholm Denmark: 1.3 Pulau Punggol Timor Singapore: 1.12 0? King Fahd Passport Island Bahrain Saudi ...