The China Post
Date: July 8, 2016
By: Joseph Yeh
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Taiwan military has prepared contingency measures ahead of an upcoming
Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬), left, prepares to take questions during a legislative session in Taipei on Thursday, July 7 (Joseph Yeh, The China Post)
ruling by an international court on a dispute between the Philippines and China over the South China Sea, Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬) said on Thursday.
Fielding questions during a Legislature committee session, Feng said the Ministry of National Defense (MND) has been carefully monitoring the regional situation near the South China Sea ahead of the July 12 ruling.
It is also closely watching the movements of nearby countries before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issues a ruling on the dispute between China and the Philippines.
The Taiwan military also has full grasp on mainland China’s ongoing military exercises in an area around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea ahead of the ruling, Feng added. [FULL STORY]