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Spratly Islands place

Named in 2 reports across 2 stories - 11 Aug – 11 Sept
11 Aug 202611 Sept 2026

The web around Spratly Islands

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Spratly Islands. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Spratly Islands.

Manila and South China Sea share 2 reportsAmerica and China share 1 reportChinese military and Manila share 1 reportJapan and South China Sea share 1 reportCambodia and Department Of War share 1 reportDepartment Of War and Elbridge Colby share 1 reportAmerica and South China Sea share 1 reportCambodia and China share 1 reportJay Tarriela and South China Sea share 1 reportElbridge Colby and Manila share 1 reportElbridge Colby and South China Sea share 1 reportChina and Elbridge Colby share 1 reportCambodia and Japan share 1 reportCambodia and Manila share 1 reportAmerica and Manila share 1 reportAmerica and Japan share 1 reportChinese military and Jay Tarriela share 1 reportDepartment Of War and Manila share 1 reportJay Tarriela and Manila share 1 reportChina and Japan share 1 reportElbridge Colby and Japan share 1 reportDepartment Of War and Japan share 1 reportChinese military and South China Sea share 1 reportAmerica and Department Of War share 1 reportChina and Manila share 1 reportChina and Department Of War share 1 reportAmerica and Elbridge Colby share 1 reportCambodia and South China Sea share 1 reportCambodia and Elbridge Colby share 1 reportAmerica and Cambodia share 1 reportDepartment Of War and South China Sea share 1 reportChina and South China Sea share 1 reportJapan and Manila share 1 reportSpratly IslandsManilaManila - 2 shared reports (place)South China…South China Sea - 2 shared reports (place)AmericaAmerica - 1 shared report (place)CambodiaCambodia - 1 shared report (place)ChinaChina - 1 shared report (place)Chinese militaryChinese military - 1 shared report (organization)Department …Department Of War - 1 shared report (organization)Elbridge Co…Elbridge Colby - 1 shared report (person)JapanJapan - 1 shared report (place)Jay TarrielaJay Tarriela - 1 shared report (person)

The stories

China’s three-pronged response to South China Sea provocations

28 outlets1 report names Spratly Islands6 Aug – 14 Sept

US ‘digging in’ to Asia but wants ‘partners not dependency’: Pentagon

15 outlets1 report names Spratly Islands10 Aug – 15 Sept

People they appear with

Elbridge Colby1Jay Tarriela1

Places in the same coverage

Manila2South China Sea2America1Cambodia1China1Japan1Mischief reefs1Philippines1Subi1Taiwan1Thailand1Washington1

Organisations in the same coverage

Chinese military1Department Of War1PCG1Philippine Coast Guard1Trans Pacific Partnership1

Who keeps naming them

thediplomat.com1South China Morning Post1

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