Taiwanese Position in the South China Sea Dispute: Before and After the Permanent Court of Arbitration Award
Author | Yen-Chiang Chang |
Pages | 467-468 |
Mainland: Taiwanese Position in SCS Dispute 467
IX JEAIL 2 (2016)
Yen-Chiang Chang
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This note aims to explore the Taiwanese position before and after the Permanent Court
that the new Taiwanese Authority, led by Tsai Ing-Wen, has taken a slightly different
approach toward the South China Sea, compared to Ma Ying-Jeou’s administration.
The new Taiwanese Authority makes no comment on the eleven-dash line claim,
which, in turn, implies that its approach is closer to that of the American orientation.
It is suggested that the South China Sea Peace Initiative, proposed by Ma Ying-
Jeou’s administration, should be followed by Tsai’s administration. In addition, the
recognition of the 1992 Consensus by Tsai’s administration will encourage mainland
China to consider Taiwan as one of the key players in future South China Sea
negotiations.
Keywords
South China Sea Disputes, Taiwanese Position, Permanent Court of Arbitration
Award
Taiwanese Position
in the South China Sea
Dispute: Before and After
the Permanent Court of
Arbitration Award
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∗ The fieldwork for this research was supported by the project titled, Science and Technology Project of State
Grid Corporation of China, “Research on the Macro Strategy and the Key Issues of the Global Energy Network”
(SGSDDK00KJJS1600067); “The Study of the Enlightenment of the Arctic Governance Mechanisms to the South
China Sea,” China Legal Society 2015 Project (CLS (2015) D148); “The Study on the Improvement of Marine related
Legal System,” 2015 National Social Science Fundamental Project (15ZDB178); “Study on the Legal Governance and
Cooperation Mechanism in the South China Sea,” China Association of Marine Development Studies (CAMAJJ201602).
** Professor at Shandong University School of Law, China. LL.M. (Taiwan Ocean U.), Ph.D. (Dundee). ORCID:
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-1923. The author may be contacted at: ycchang@sdu.edu.cn / Address: Shandong
University School of Law, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2016.9.2.08
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