| spratly island | 3.62 | They also agreed on using dialogue to settle the Spratly islands issue. | ||
| spratly claimant | 0.53 | All but Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand are Spratly claimants. | ||
| spratly chain | 0.46 | China and Taiwan claim all of the hundreds of islands in the Spratly chain. | ||
| spratly archipelago | 0.39 | The Spratly archipelago straddles major sea lanes and is believed to sit atop vast oil and natural gas reserves. | ||
| spratly dispute | 0.39 | The talks are expected to include the Spratly dispute. |