Zhongjian Island

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 中建島 / 中建岛 (Zhōngjiàndǎo) via Hanyu Pinyin.

Proper noun

Zhongjian Island

Synonym of Triton Island.
- 2014 May 16, Gong Yingchun, “Vietnam's maritime provocations against China set a dangerous course”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2014, Insight & Opinion‎^[2]:
  In recent days, the Vietnamese authorities have dispatched a large number of ships, including some naval vessels, to the waters off Zhongjian Island [known by some as Triton Island], forcibly disturbing the normal drilling operations of a Chinese oil rig and ramming China's escorting civilian ships.
- 2016 January 30, Jane Perlez, “U.S. Challenges China’s Claim of Islands With Maritime Operation”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 30, 2016, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:
  Triton Island, known by the Chinese as Zhongjian Island, is close to the area in the South China Sea where the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, a major energy company, moved an oil rig in 2014, resulting in a standoff between vessels of Vietnam and China, and a sharp deterioration in relations between the countries.
- 2016 February 20, Chen Hurng-yu [陳鴻瑜], “The US in the South China Sea”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 19, 2016, Editorials, page 8‎^[6]:
  On Jan. 30, a US Navy destroyer sailed through waters within 12 nautical miles (22.22km) west of Triton Island (Jhongjian Island, 中建島), one of the Paracel Islands (Xisha Islands, 西沙群島) in the South China Sea.