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Taiwanese parliamentary delegation visits Taiping to reassert sovereignty
A delegation of 10 Taiwanese opposition lawmakers visited the disputed island of Taiping, the largest in the Spratly archipelago, today to reaffirm their country's sovereignty over the territory, EFE reported.
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The delegation, led by Foreign and National Defense Committee convener Ma Wen-chun and Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang, visited the island’s newly renovated dock, which can accommodate heavy Coast Guard vessels.
Chiang, a member of the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), urged President-elect Lai Ching-te to defend Taiwan’s sovereignty over Taiping in his May 20 inauguration speech.
Composed of nine KMT lawmakers and one from the People First Party (PFP), the delegation was originally supposed to include 20 opposition legislators, but incidents in the legislature Friday led half of them to opt out of the trip.
Announced in early May, the trip was intended to reaffirm Taiwan’s sovereignty over the island ahead of the inauguration of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Lai, whose party declined to participate in the initiative.
Unlike former presidents Chen Shui-bian (2000-2008) of the DPP and Ma Ying-jeou (2008-2016) of the KMT, current President Tsai Ing-wen will end her term without visiting the disputed territory, in part to avoid provoking tensions with regional neighbors.
Taiwan has controlled Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba, since 1946, and maintains a Coast Guard detachment, a harbor, an airstrip and civilian facilities there.
In July 2016, the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that Taiping is a “rock” and not an “island,” disqualifying it from having a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.
The ruling, which was rejected by both Taipei and Beijing, did not address the issue of sovereignty, which is claimed by Taiwan but also by China, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam have competing claims over some or all of the more than 100 islands and reefs in the South China Sea, an area rich in oil and natural gas reserves, important fishing grounds and a major shipping route.
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