In the ill-advised Battle of the #ParacelIslands, on #ThisDayInHIstory in 1974, the navy of #SouthVietnam attacked Chinese positions in the previously-shared #SouthChinaSea chain. They badly lost and #China consolidated control over all of them, creating an unresolved dispute.

นั่งเรือสำราญไปเกาะParacel จากจีน #china #คลิปจีน #ภาษาจีน #paracelislands #titanic #travel #chinatravel #fyp

#NewSpecies!
New isopod from the #paracelislands just came in:

Bathynomus paracelensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8CC82366-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#BiodiversityDataJournal #BathynomusParacelensis

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #nature #conservation #arthropods #crustacea #isopods

Analysis: Rising Tensions over Scarborough Shoal
#Philippines #WestPhilippinessea #ScarboroughShoal #PRC #FreeWestTaiwan #ParacelIslands #southchinaseadispute
youtu.be/QmIp0ikV8_I?...