GUO Yuan
(№.1,2012)
Abstract: Before and after the end of World War Two, the Soviet Union once again acknowledged the historical fact that the sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea belonged to China through the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, etc., which played a positive role in the actions of the Chinese government to resume its sovereignty over the islands. At the early stage of the Cold War, the Soviet Union actively cooperated with China at the San Francisco Peace Meeting, persisting in saying that the sovereignty over the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands belonged to the People Republic of China and holding that these islands should be delivered to the Chinese government for management. Although the Soviet Union’s claim was rejected by the United States, its attitude toward the historical fact gave strong support to the struggle of China to defend the sovereignty over the islands and the Soviet Union’s press did the same thing.
Key words: China; early stage of the Cold War; South China Sea; Soviet Union
