The New Student's Reference Work/China Sea, The

China Sea, The, is chiefly known to American boys as the scene of terrible adventures with Chinese and Malay pirates and of the destructive work of typhoons.  It is destined, however, to be one of the most important seas in the world.  It is enclosed by the Malay Peninsula (British), French China and China proper to the west; to the north by the Straits of Formosa; to the east by Formosa (Japan), the Philippine Islands and Borneo (British); to the south by the Java Sea.  Hence it is girt by British, French, Chinese, Japanese and American dominions, countries that will no doubt develop into centers of civilization and wealth in days soon to come.  East China Sea lies to the north of Formosa, being partly shut off from the Pacific by the Liu-Kiu Islands, a possession of Japan.