Taipei Times
Date: Jul 23, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter, with CNA

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) reiterated Taiwan’s stance of not accepting an international court’s ruling on the South China Sea in an interview with the Washington Post, calling for a peaceful resolution of the disputes.

“We will not accept their decision,” Tsai told the newspaper when asked about Tuesday last week’s ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Taiwan opposes the ruling because although it is an interested party in the South China Sea, the country was not invited to participate in the proceedings, Tsai said.

In a transcript of the interview released by the Presidential Office yesterday, the president also said Taiwan objected to the country being referred to as “the Taiwan Authority of China” and to Itu Aba Island (Taiping Island, 太平島) being described as a “rock” rather than an “island” in the ruling.     [FULL  STORY]