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Paracel Islands

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The Paracel Islands are a group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines. The islands have no indigenous inhabitants, though there are Chinese garrisons scattered throughout.

See also : Paracel Islands

From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.