Tree Island, South China Sea

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Zhaoshu Dao (Chinese赵 述 岛/赵 述 岛, pinyin Zhaoshu Dǎo ), Vietn. Đạo Cây, Eng. Tree Iceland, is an archipelago Xuande Qundao the Xisha Islands belonging, about 0.22 km ² coral island in the South China Sea. The island belongs to the town Sansha of the Chinese Hainan province. In the context of territorial disputes in the South China Sea Vietnam and the Republic of China claim ( Taiwan ), the Xisha Islands and thus Zhaoshu Dao.

Zhaoshu Dao is about 700 m long and at its widest point, about 450 m wide. The highest point of the island rises 4 meters above the water surface. The largest part of the island surface has a dense vegetation, including numerous coconut trees, on. The island is inhabited by about 200 fishermen, who are all from the city of Qionghai.

History

The Government of the Republic of China gave the island in 1935, the name " Shu Dao " (树 岛), ie "Tree Island", which was changed to its present name in 1947. The current name refers to Zhao Shu, the envoy of the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was sent in 1369 by the latter on a diplomatic mission to the kingdom of Srivijaya in Sumatra.

Administrative Divisions

The island belongs to the village Qilianyu (七 连 屿 村) of the city of Sansha, whose seat of government is located on Zhaoshu Dao and the eight immediately adjacent "seven islands " ( Qilian Yu ) includes. Zhaoshu Also Dao itself is often counted as the ninth island to the Qilian Yu.