evidence: Paracel Islands, Macclesfield Bank, and/or islands in the Dangerous Ground area, including the Spratly Islands. Great Britain, Japan, and [...] Macclesfield Bank is a submarine feature, about 80 nautical miles long and 25 nautical miles wide, southeast of the Paracels. Water depths range from about 4 to 45 fathoms. [...] --These islands, as well as the entire Spratly Islands and Macclesfield Bank, "have always been China's territory."