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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Borneo, Spratly Islands, Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, East Malaysia, Spratly Islands dispute, Policies, activities and history of the Philippines in Spratly Islands, Borneo Orangutan Survival, Samboja Lestari, Borneo peat swamp forests, Kalayaan, Palawan, Deforestation in Borneo, Itu Aba Island, Thitu Island, Johnson South Reef Skirmish, Southwest Cay, Pawan River, Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo lowland rain forest, Jong Batu, Tanjong Pelumpong, Northeast Cay, Tomas Cloma, Chinese uprising in Mandor, Borneo, Hornbill ivory, Mischief Reef, Bornean traditional tattooing, Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads, Kayan Mentarang National Park, West York Island, Swallow Reef, Borneo montane rain forests, Loaita Island, Cat-fox, Nanshan Island, Flat Island, Heart of Borneo, Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Aw-li On-nam Ot-tjin, Governor of North Borneo, Lankiam Cay, James Shoal, Subi Reef, Sand Cay, Namyit Island, Amboyna Cay, Sin Cowe Island, Arut River, Expedition against the Chinese in Montrado, Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve, Kulamba Wildlife Reserve, Uma baka', Bukit Perai Protection Forest, Gunung Berau Nature Reserve. Excerpt: The Spratly Islands dispute is a territorial dispute over the ownership of the Spratly Islands, a group of islands located in the South China Sea. States staking claims to various islands are: the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Brunei. All except Brunei occupy some of the islands. The Spratly Islands are important for a number of reasons: the Spratly area holds significant reserves of oil and natural gas, it is a productive area for world fishing and commercial shipping, and coastal countries would get an extended continental shelf. But some countries, like the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, and Vietnam make c...
