Nansha

Proper noun

Nansha (usually uncountable, plural Nanshas)

1. (usually) A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
   • On April 28, 2005, the State Council approved a new scheme of district administration in Guangzhou.[...]The southern part of Panyu was upgraded into an independent urban district, Nansha district.2010, Martin King Whyte, editor, One Country, Two Societies: Rural-Urban Inequality in Contemporary China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 408
   • Nansha District is the former Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone that was established in 1993³ and was separated from Panyu District in 2005, representing the spatial and strategic importance of the region in Guangzhou's future development.2017, Development and Planning in Seven Major Coastal Cities in Southern and Eastern China, Springer, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 39
2. (usually) Synonym of Spratly Islands: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • In addition to these two autonomous areas, Kwangtung Province also administers the islands in the South China Sea claimed by China. These are the Tungsha, Sisha, Chungsha and Nansha groups.[...]Finally, the Nansha group, which has no collective Western designation, extends from Lat. 4 degrees to 11...1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of The Chinese People's Republic, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 169
   • The Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry reaffirmed Dec. 7 that “it is indisputable that the Nansha Archipelago is an integral part of the territories of the Republic of China.”[...]The statement was made in response to the recent UPI report from Manila to the effect that the Philippines has, through a...1978 December 10, “Isles part of ROC, ministry affirms”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIX, number 49, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

   Synonyms:

   Spratly Islands

3. (usually) A district of Sansha, Hainan, China (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by Brunei, China (PRC), Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam).
   • Only last month, China established Xisha District (西沙) on Woody Island (Yongxing Island, 永興島) and Nansha District (南沙) on the reef, both of which fall under Sansha, a prefecture-level city established in 2012.2020 May 27, Li-shih Lu, “China’s expanding military reach”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2020, Editorials, page 8
   • The Nansha District (南沙区) People’s Government is based on Fiery Cross Reef and has jurisdiction over the Spratly Islands.²¹⁴ Each district assumably has a district party committee as well.²¹⁵ Though publicly available information on these new districts is scarce, the establishment of Xisha District...2021 January, Zoe Haver, “China Maritime Report No. 12: Sansha City in China's South China Sea Strategy: Building a System of Administrative Control”, in CMSI China Maritime Reports, number 12, China...