York / Commodore Reef / Northeast Cay / Manila / Taipei / Tokyo / Thitu / Washington / Honolulu / Jakarta / Springfield / Kuala Lumpur / Kaohsiung / Lankiam Cay / Beijing / Loaita / London / /
Company
Pratas (Tungsha) Islands / Paracels / CNOOC / Philippine National Oil Company / Spratlys / Suez / Li Ming Cultural Enterprise Co. / Reed Bank / New York Times / Rifleman Bank / Macclesfield Bank / Repsol YPF S.A. / Taiwanese LNG / Straits Times / South China Morning Post / Tap Ocean Resources / /
Country
Japan / United Kingdom / Philippines / China / Taiwan / Spratly Islands / Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia / United States / Soviet Union / Vietnam / Paracel Islands / Singapore / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Diplomatic Relations / Business Partnership / /
Facility
University of California Press’s Rights / Van Dyke / University of California / Southwest Missouri State University / University of Hawaii Press / Panama Canal / Jon M. Van Dyke / Suez Canal / /
IndustryTerm
natural gas interests / oil consumption / oil reserves / natural gas / oil tanker / natural gas agreements / crude oil / Oil deposits / communications facility / island groups / potential oil reserves / offshore oil producer / communications equipment / oil / natural gas resources / natural gas discoveries / natural gas considerations / energy resources / natural gas potential / recent oil / orderly transportation / potential oil resources / oil giant / long-term solution / peaceful solution / gas field / also considered constructing a communications facility / /
NaturalFeature
Borneo / Braque Canada Reefs / Suez Canal / Panama Canal / Paracel Island chains / Ardasier Reef / Lombok / Mischief Reef / Royal Charlotte Reef / Pratas Island chain / Strait of Malacca / Taiping island / Thitu Island / Paracel island / Louisa Reef / Persian Gulf / Pratas island / Strait of Hormuz / Mariveles Reef / South China Sea / Spratly Island chain / Philippine islands / South China Sea island / Dallas Reef / Spratly archipelago / MT Atlanta / Malacca / Sunda / Spratly island / Swallow Reef / /
Organization
University of California / U.S. Department of Energy / Federation of American Scientists / ROC Navy / Philippine navy / municipal government / Taiwan’s Seventh Peace Preservation Police Corps / Southwest Missouri State University / Ministry of Defense / al-Qaeda / Coast Guard Administration / Manila intelligence / Democratic Progressive Party / University of California Press / Liberation Army / Economic News Service / Association of Southeast Asian Nations / Malaysian government / U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY ALLIANCE / United Nations / International Maritime Bureau / Department of Defense / University of Hawaii Press / /
Person
Blas Ople / Mark Valencia / Ferdinand Marcos / Keith Bradsher / Geoffrey Sloan / Chen Shui-bian / Reef / Dennis Hickey / Yuan / Pootengal Mukundan / Wang Xiangwei / C. Dale Walton / David G. Wiencek / Noel A. Ludwig / Tomas Cloma / Frank Cass / Joshua P. Rowan / Ewan W. Anderson / Erica / Xavier Furtado / Steven D. Peterson / Colin S. Gray / Andrew Tan / Alex Magno / /
Position
President / Filipino businessman / Southern Chief / Executive / Admiral / Foreign Affairs Secretary / Investigator / fisherman / Commodore / offshore oil producer / Singapore-owned tanker Petro Ranger / director / Filipino professor / /
ProvinceOrState
Missouri / Palawan / /
PublishedMedium
South China Morning Post / New York Times / Asian Survey / /
Region
Persian Gulf / Southeast Asia / SOUTH CHINA / Southwest Missouri / /
THE U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY ALLIANCE, ASEAN, AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE