The Ma Administration and the South China Sea

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James R Holmes, Taiwan and the South China Sea. The Diplomat, Aug 22, 2012 (blog).
http://thediplomat.com/the-naval ... he-south-china-sea/

Note:
(a) The blog cites
Brendan O'Reilly, Taiwan Jumps Into South China Sea Fray. Asia Times, Aug 9, 2012.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/NH09Ad01.html
(Last week, James Chou, deputy director general of the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed that the disputed islands of the South China Sea were the 'undisputed territory' of the ROC. * * * Chou's assertion of the 'undisputed' nature of Chinese sovereignty in the area echoed the recurring message of the Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China. Both the mainland-based PRC and the ROC maintain the same 'nine-dotted line' claim to the vast majority of the South China Sea")
(b) The (a) was based on
曾依璇, 訂南海準則 外交部盼加入討論. 中央社, July 31, 2012.
http://www.cna.com.tw/Views/Page ... B%E8%A7%A3%E6%B1%BA
(外交部 亞太司副司長周穎華)
(c) In fact, the Ma administration of Taiwan has so proclaimed repeatedly. For example:
中華民國大陸礁層外部界限聲明. 外交部, Taiwan, May 12, 2009.
http://www.mofa.gov.tw/official/ ... 0-8b77-a3fb8ac72342
(d) 北京專家：兩岸南海政策主張與合作問題. 中國評論, Aug 5, 2012
http://www.chinareviewnews.com/c ... 02189341&page=1
(web page 2: "1993年初, * * * 行政院公佈《南海政策綱領》。其前言中明確表示：南沙群島、西沙群島、中沙群島及東沙群島，無論就歷史、地理、國際法及事實，向為我國固有領土之一部分，其主權屬於我國。"
(e) To my knowledge, the Ma administration has not alluded to the eleven (11)-dash map of ROC, or the nine (9)-dash map of PRC.
(f) In any event, many Taiwanese, including me, are uncomfortable with any assertions based on historical claims of China (be it Republic of China on Nanking or People's Republic of China), about Senkaku Islands or South China Sea. Likely the Chen (Shui-bian) administration did not make claims as grandiose as the Ma administration.