Taiwan Today
Date: July 27, 2016

The Republic of China (Taiwan) government’s rejection of the recent award rendered

Taiping Island, as well as its surrounding waters, is an inalienable part of ROC territory and the government is committed to protecting the nation’s sovereignty and rights in the area and throughout the South China Sea. (LTN)

by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the South China Sea arbitration initiated by the Philippines, as well as its reasons for doing so, is receiving widespread media coverage in the Southeast Asia nation.

In the article, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines Representative Gary Song-huann Lin said “a peaceful, law-abiding and non-threatening Taiwan/ROC has turned out to be the biggest innocent victim of the PCA award.” He added that “to the government and people of Taiwan/ROC, the tribunal’s decision is unacceptable, unfair and double standards.”

Comprising numerous decisions, the July 12 PCA award classified Taiping Island in the Nansha (Spratly) Islands as a rock and not an island. This would call into question the ROC’s rightful claim to a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone around Taiping Island.     [FULL  STORY]