CHINA-TAIWAN: KMT/DPP

 In their first closed-door meeting on March 31, 2016, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou told President-elect Tsai Ing-wen about "the stance of the Philippines and Vietnam on Taiping Island and how the United States interprets the issue." During their 70-minute meeting Ma Ying-jeou also underscored that there has been no cooperation with Beijing on the issue. He praised Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary-General Joseph Wu for having declared during his speech in the U.S. that the DPP will never relinquish Taiwan's sovereign claims in the South China Sea.Taiwan's Central News Agency reported that Tsai Ing-wen, who assumes office on May 20, stressed that the DPP has never changed its stance on Taiwan's claim over Taiping Island. 

 






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