The China Post
Date: July 14, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan and China did not communicate following the Permanent Court of
Mainland Affairs Council Minister Katharine Chang speaks at the Legislative Yuan on Wednesday, July 13. （Yuan-Ming Chiao, The China Post）
Arbitration’s South China Sea ruling, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Katharine Chang (張小月) said Wednesday.
“Each side has its individual position (on the matter) and is pursuing its own interests,” Chang told the Internal Affairs Committee when asked whether the two side’s interests could be interpreted by foreign governments as a potential avenue of cooperation.
The South China Sea dispute should be resolved peacefully, multilaterally and under the principle of equality, she told lawmakers, adding that shelving disputes would enable the area’s resources to be jointly developed by multiple actors.
In a report to the committee, Chang said MAC was continuing to monitor Beijing’s reaction to the South China Sea ruling, which sided with the Philippines by rejecting China’s historical claims in the region — in the process severely damaging Taiwan’s own territorial claims, including of Taiping Island. [FULL STORY]
