were created. The pe

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  r capita disposable income of urban resi

  nhai Zhudao and in relevant waters. China is the first to have discov▓ered, named, and explored and exploited Nanhai Zhudao and relevant waters, and the first to hav

  dents was 17,175 yuan, a
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  nd the net per capita income of rural resi

  e continuously, peacefully and effectively exercised sovereignty and jurisdiction over them, thus establ▓ishing sovereignty over Nanhai Zhudao and the relevant rig

  dents was 5,153 yuan,
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  up 9.8% and 8.5% respectively in real term

  hts and interests in the South China Sea.9. As early as the 2nd century BCE in the Western Han Dynasty, the Chinese people sailed in the South China Sea and discove

  s. We took another stead
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  y step alon▓g the path of building a mode

  red Nanhai Zhudao in the long course of activities.10. A lot of Chinese histori▓cal literatures chronicle the activities of the Chine▓se people in the South China S

  rately pro sperous societ
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  y in all respects. Events again proved t

  ea. These books include, a▓mong others, Yi Wu Zhi (An Account of Strange Things) published in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), Fu Nan Zhuan (An Account of Fu Nan) d

  hat no dif ficulties or
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  obstacles can impede the course of the gr

  u▓ring the period of the Three Kingdoms (220-280), Meng Liang Lu (Record of a ▓Daydreamer) and Ling Wai Dai Da (Notes for the Land beyond the Passes) in the Song Dy

  eat rejuve nation of the

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  ell the truth be

  nasty (960-1279), Dao Yi Zhi Lüe (A Brief Account o

  hind the rel evant disputes
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  and inspiring.

  f th▓e Islands) in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Dong X

  We held a grand celeb
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  ration of the

  i Yang Kao (Studies on the▓ Oceans East and West) and S

  60th anniv ersary of the