摘要
IN recent years confrontations over certain islands in the South China Sea have been escalating. Recent provocations by Vietnam and the Philippines in the area have once again dragged this issue to the front of the international stage.
Sansha City, founded on July 24, 2012, has jurisdiction over an area of more than two million square kilometers in the South China Sea. It has the largest territory among all Chinese cities, but the smallest land area and population.
