I was wondering if people living in those spratly islands?

Peter: China and Taiwan have nothing to back up their claims.


Peter :
The article is wrong that only China claim all of Spratly. Vietnam and Taiwan claim all as well

Earlier a reader had submitted a comment about Pag-asa island in the Spratly chain which is administered by Kalayaan municipality as part of the Philippines' Palawan province. We could not publish the comment because it included a link (from Wikipedia).

According to the Wikipedia entry, a population survey conducted in 2000 counted 223 residents of Kalayaan in 12 households. The island receives monthly deliveries of supplies from a Filipino Navy vessel. The Filipino government is actively trying to develop the island and move more citizens there.

It should be noted that the island's ownership remains disputed and that the Wikipedia article lacks citations, though the author has included a list of references.

Joshua Lipes: The petition started on May 10th, 2010.

According to the CIA World Factbook, the Paracel islands have no indigenous inhabitants, though there are scattered garrisons inhabited by Chinese military personnel. The Spratlys also have no indigenous inhabitants, but are home to scattered garrisons operated by military personnel of several claimant states.

any primary shool student understand that South China sea does not mean China Sea and China sea does not mean that it belongs to China

If South China Sea belongs to China, then Gulf of Mexico should belong to Mexico, Indian Sea belongs to India, Japan Sea belongs to Japan, North, Central and South Americas should belong to United States of America.

UNCLOS states that every country with a coastline can claim 200 nautical miles from its farthest point. China's claim (ALL of S. China Sea) is ridiculous since its farthest coastline point cannot reach any part of the Spratly archipelago, unless China still considers Vietnam as 1 of its renegade province like Taiwan. LOL

People need to make sure that there is no body living there. How can you claim it is yours if people live there? People should based their claim on fact; did they have their ancestor live etc? There might be no people live there but I am sure you can probably find some artifact left over that people live there before and settle the claim based on evidence.

Childish reasoning!
"If South China Sea belongs to China, then Gulf of Mexico should belong to Mexico, Indian Sea belongs to India, Japan Sea belongs to Japan, North, Central and South Americas should belong to United States of America."

The map clearly demonstrates the bullish manner of China government, unless a person is blind. Possible. What a way to show off its power. LOL.

The article is wrong that only China claim all of Spratly. Vietnam and Taiwan claim all as well

yup, change the name to southeast asia sea is a correct name...sounds nice, not bully ! likes the abused South china Sea.