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đông bắc và nhóm Lưỡi Liềm/Trăng Khuyết (Crescent) phía tây nam
China loves islands. In fact, China loves islands
so much that it’s involved in disputes over them with a whole bunch of
other countries at any given time. One of those disputed island chains
is the Paracel Islands,
a small island chain that has been administered
by China since a 1974 battle
in which scores of Chinese and Vietnamese sailors were killed before
Vietnamese ships finally withdrew, fleeing Chinese naval reinforcements.
China has controlled the islands ever since, but they are still claimed
by both Vietnam and the Republic of Taiwan. (The battle was also
dramatized in China with the popular 1976 film, Storm in the South Sea).
Aside from scattered military garrisons, it seems the islands are uninhabited, but according to a Shenzhen newspaper, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom all offer service there. In fact, China Mobile
has recently unveiled 3G service on six of the islands in the chain.
(The Sina Tech article does make vague reference to civilians living on
the island, but the 2012 CIA World Factbook lists the islands as
uninhabited aside from Chinese military personnel).
Whoever lives
there, the telecom presence is probably quite welcomed, as the islands
are tiny and don’t exactly offer all the comforts of home. Woody island,
the most developed, features an airport, a post office, a hostel, a
bank, and three roads. The others don’t even have that much, but thanks
to Chinese telecoms, that’s not going to stop Chinese soldiers stationed
there from posting to Weibo anymore.
Of
course, the telecom services available on the Paracel islands won’t be
much consolation to Vietnam or Taiwan. But realistically, China has a
much bigger military than either of them, and the presence of all major
telecoms there is proof enough it’s placing increased importance on the
islands, which are surrounded by potential oil and gas reserves.
[via Sina Tech]
 About C. Custer
C. Custer is the founder and editor of ChinaGeeks.org. He also is a documentary filmmaker,
and a freelance writer, reporter, translator, and video producer on all
things China. You can follow him on Twitter as @ChinaGeeks
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