Taiwan president-elect calls for freedom of navigation in South China Sea

[Pinoy]

BEIJING (Reuters) - Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday called for freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea and for a peaceful resolution of the dispute.

She also said Taiwan will continue to strengthen the island's ties with Japan.

China claims almost all the disputed South China Sea, where it has built artificial islands that extend its reach. Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines have competing claims in the sea, through which $5 trillion of trade passes annually.

(Reporting by J.R. Wu and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Nick Macfie)

Taiwan president-elect calls for freedom of navigation in South China Sea - Yahoo News

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Congratulations Madam president Tsai Ing-wen

 

[beijingwalker]

Taiwan claims the same area as China does ,the whole South China Sea

 

[cnleio]

Taiwan claims the same area as China does ,the whole South China Sea

That's KMT's claim ... Tsai will change it when she as TaiWan president.

 

[LittleFish]

Time to teach our naughty children a lesson.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Not very a bright lady. She has hardly warm her chair and she is making silly statement without thinking.

Those are not even the top priorities at this moment.

I dread to think of Taiwan's future at this point.

She has so much to learn. Compare her to South Korean President Park, she is simply nowhere at this point.

What a pity? IMO Many Taiwanese may be thinking or opts to migrate.

Congratulations Madam president Tsai Ing-wen

Are you congratulating her because you think the uniformed pirates currently operating your patrol boats can now shoot at more Taiwanese Fishing Boats and you think this Madam President will be too weak to respond.

 

[empirefighter]

Never expect Taiwan people to protect the national interest.
Luckily，we can easily handle this，and we are buliding 3 big airports in our NEW islands，afterall，POWER is the only feasible way.

 

[JayMandan]

LOL ouch!

 

[Viet]

congrat Ms Tsai. she will lead Taiwan into a new world. in 100 years, everybody will think Taiwan is a normal country like Vietnam. China? just a distant forgotten memory. well done.

‘Taiwanese’ identity hits record level - Taipei Times

 

[asia2000]

She also said Taiwan will continue to strengthen the island's ties with Japan.

Not a surprise, considering her father is a Japanese.

China? just a distant forgotten memory. well done.

To help yourself forget China quick, you should refrain from thinking of China so often.

 

[Nan Yang]

Not a surprise, considering her father is a Japanese.

Japanese loyalty will always be with Japan no matter where they are. Just like Lee Teng hui.
Just like Alfredo Fujimori of Peru.

 

[nang2]

Not surprising. Taiwan is defacto independent. They just dare not to say it straight out. Their words are just evasive and pretentious. Their actions show their interests are only within taiwan island and their alliance with US and Japan. They won't hesitate to sacrifice Chinese interests to please Japan and US.

congrat Ms Tsai. she will lead Taiwan into a new world. in 100 years, everybody will think Taiwan is a normal country like Vietnam. China? just a distant forgotten memory. well done.

‘Taiwanese’ identity hits record level - Taipei Times

You should also suggest Taiwanese to adopt a new language than Chinese, just like what Vietnamese did to become a normal country.

Their claim is BS. They don't give a damn about SCS.

Never expect Taiwan people to protect the national interest.
Luckily，we can easily handle this，and we are buliding 3 big airports in our NEW islands，afterall，POWER is the only feasible way.

These 3 air strips should be finish ASAP. Then move on to Scarborough to finish the strategic layout.

 

[mike2000 is back]

WOW........Taiwan has a new President???
When did that happened?? Seems i'm not well informed these days.

@Nihonjin1051 , seems Taiwan new pro Japanese president intends to ally even more with Japan and the U.S for a showdown in Asia?
Interesting...........

 

[nang2]

WOW........Taiwan has a new President???
When did that happened?? Seems i'm not well informed these days.

@Nihonjin1051 , seems Taiwan new pro Japanese president intends to ally even more with Japan and the U.S for a showdown in Asia?
Interesting...........

What is pathetic is that the nationalist party was a loser to Japan invaders in WWII. They are still a loser today to the Japanese proxy in Taiwan. No wonder they lost China.

 

[Tiger Genie]

congratulations Taiwan. The Taiwanese have sent a strong message to China with this summary rejection of incumbent china fan boys. I hope China will take this to heart and amend its transgressions and breaches in Hong Kong.

 

[Dungeness]

I watched some of her speeches, and her nickname of "Hollow Stem Spinach“ was not for no reason. Time to excise some economical pressure on Taiwan, the free ride is over. China needs to learn from the superpower, "you are either with us, or you are against us".