As noted earlier, it has effective control of the Pratas. It also controls Itu Aba (Taiping in Chinese) from 1946 to 1950 and then from 1956 to the present
• The other claimants are from ASEAN
• Vietnam claims the whole region. It argues that it has occupied the Spratlys and Paracels at least since the 17th century when they were not under the sovereignty of any state and that they exercised sovereignty over the two groups continuously and peacefully until they were invaded by Chinese armed forces