Asia 843
MID#4060
Dispute Number: 4060
Date(s): April 1, 1995 to April 8, 1995
Participants: 713 Taiwan/816 Vietnam
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On March 29, 1995, Taiwan announced that they would send patrol boats
to reinforce their claim of sovereignty over the disputed Spratly Islands. The patrol
boats would be leaving for Spratly on April 1. The boats encountered a Vietnamese
vessel and fired warning shots. The Vietnamese vessel retreated.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from March 25, 1995. End Date changed from
March 25, 1995.
713 TAIWAN/817 REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
MID#1452
Started in June 1956. See the narrative in the 713 Taiwan/840 Philippines dyad dis-
pute list.
MID#3217
Started in January 1974. See the narrative in the 710 China/817 Republic of Vietnam
dyad dispute list.
713 TAIWAN/840 PHILIPPINES
MID#1452
Dispute Number: 1452
Date(s): June 1956 to September 29, 1956
Participants: 710 China, 713 Taiwan/220 France, 817 Republic of Vietnam, 840
Philippines
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: A Filipino newsman and owner of a nautical school landed armed men
on Itl Aba and other smaller islands in the Spratly chain in June 1956 to lay claim
for his country. He also removed a Taiwanese flag that had been placed on the island
a few days earlier in a Taiwanese show of force. Several countries in the area, and
the French through its colonial holdings, all gave notice of their counter-claims to
the islands. On July 11, Chinese naval forces made a show of force. On August 27,
South Vietnamese troops then landed on one of the larger Spratly Islands to affirm
their claims. In September, Chinese Nationalists seized a Philippine fishing boat when