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    Diaoyu Islands

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    the Diaoyu Islands. The islands have been under the jurisdiction of China’s navy as islands affiliated with Taiwan since the Ming Dynasty. The Ming and Qing dynasties of China exercised sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islands‚ and officially included them in maps. Japan has its own claims. It believes that Japan and China signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895 and as a result‚ China ceded Japan the island of Taiwan together with all its affiliated islands. Japan put

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    Spratly Islands

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    The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs‚[2] islets‚ atolls‚ cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah)‚ about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land area spread over more than 425‚000 square kilometers of sea. The Spratlys are one of three archipelagos of the South China Sea which comprise more than 30‚000 islands and reefs and which complicate

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    Spratly Island

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    Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs‚[1] islets‚ atolls‚ cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah)‚ about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land area spread over more than 425‚000 square kilometers of sea. The Spratlys are one of three archipelagos of the South China Sea which comprise more than 30‚000 islands and reefs

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    Shutter Island

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    Martin Scorsese uses a variety of film techniques in his ever changing film Shutter Island‚ to reveal the truth about the protagonist Teddy Daniels. Dialog‚ symbolism‚ characterisation‚ music and setting help express the truth about Teddy’s investigation on the Island which is an intricate role playing experiment designed by Dr. Cawley and Dr. Sheehan. This helps reveal the truth and trauma regarding Teddy’s murder of his wife and children. The scenes that best help reveal the truth are the first

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    Palm Island

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    this report will focus on the largest land reclamation project to date‚ the manmade island formed in the shape of a date palm. The island‚ which Dubai has already termed “the eighth wonder of the world‚” adds almost 1‚600 km (1‚000 mi) of additional coastline to Dubai‚ and is formally called the Palm Jumeirah (3). While it is an engineering marvel‚ without extensive research and planning‚ the creation of such an island chain could have severely affected the local environment and coastal eco-system.

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    Diaoyu Islands

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    Diaoyu Islands Or Senkaku Islands Course: China Minor- Geography‚ History and Politics Date: 27 February 2013 Occasion Part of the ChinaMinor are the courses of GHP‚ which is short for Geography‚ History and Politics. At this course we have to learn all kind of things relating to these subjects like the time of the dynasties and the journey of Marco Polo to China. Part of our mark for GHP is to write an essay about a certain subject relates to China. The subject we got was the conflict

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    Spratly Islands

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    SPRATLY ISLANDS NEWS Every Filipino should be aware of the real score at the Scarborough Shoal‚ as the situation is getting very serious. In a unilateral act of aggression‚ China recently announced that the Spratly Islands‚ Paracel Islands and Maclesfeild Bank would now be administered by its own political entity called Sansha City. The newly formed administrative body calls for the construction of Chinese military barracks in our islands‚ headed by no less than a Senior Colonel from the Chinese

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    Andaman Islands

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    Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal‚ between the Indian peninsula to the west and Burma to the north and east. Most of the islands are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India‚ while a small number in the north of the archipelago belong to Burma. 12 00 N92 45 E is the longitude and longitude of these islands. Paragraph on the topography of the land: Flat? Mountainous? Plateau like? The climate

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    Apo Island

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    ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY DUMAGUETE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN TOURISM SY 2010 – 2011 THE IMPACT OF ECOTOURISM DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING ON THE MARINE SANCTUARY TOWARDS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN APO ISLAND FOR THE PERIOD 2000 – 2010. CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING INTRODUCTION In a remote fishing village in the Philippine archipelago‚ coastal fishers responded to falling fish stocks by working harder to catch them. The combination

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    The Arginusae Islands

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    A group of archaeologists discovered a lost island. The island was once the ancient city of Kane. It was discovered in the eastern Aegean Sea. Xenophon was a Greek historian that mentioned the island. The island is memorable because of the Battle of Arginusae in 406 B.C. The Arginusae islands are now referred to as Garip islands. Venerable sources refer to three Arginusae islands. However‚ the precise location of the third island is vague. Researches used geological evidence to confirm that Kane

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