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A comment on China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first half of the 20th century. Parent comment

Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by Nomentatus on Saturday May 19, 2018 @11:57PM (#17111123)
Other Western nations came in after that. Interesting history. Then finally China and Japan got interested. I've read a book entirely devoted to the history of the island.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by forapurpose on Sunday May 20, 2018 @05:54PM (#17114965)
> Other Western nations came in after that.

Which ones and when? I'm pretty certain that isn't the case.

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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by Nomentatus on Sunday May 20, 2018 @07:44PM (#17115339)
Spain had colonized it earlier still. But my point of course was that the Europeans were the first colonizers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Formosa

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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by forapurpose on Sunday May 20, 2018 @08:58PM (#17115555)
It was at essentially the same time and they were driven out by the Dutch, and thus didn't seem worth mentioning. Regarding the rest, I stand by what I said above.
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Re:China’s claim to the Spratly Islands emerged in first hal... by Nomentatus on Monday May 21, 2018 @11:16AM (#17118990)
So I said colonizing; were you just vehemently agreeing the whole time, and "settlement" to you means "mass migration?"
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