evidence: The Republic of China considers the shoal to be part of the Zhongsha Islands (中沙群島) or the Macclesfield Bank. The ROC included the Macclesfield Bank in its territory in 1947 and in January 1948, the Ministry of the Interior issued a map of the South China Sea Islands that placed the Dongsha Islands (東沙群島), the Paracels (西沙群島), the Macclesfield Bank and the Spratly Islands (南沙群島) within ROC territory.