Taiwan should be included in joint talks on developing resources of the South China Sea says Shorenstein APARC Visiting Scholar Song Yann-huei

"Taiwan has territorial rights, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over islands in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, as well as, developmental and managerial rights to important resources in these areas," says Dr. Yann-huei Song. "It will be difficult for the South China Sea and the East China Sea to become truly peaceful and cooperative maritime areas" if Taiwan were not included in talks about developing the resources of these areas. Dr. Song would like to correct the translation in the online English version of the article. He says the translation says that in "2002 Taiwan built a runway on Itu Aba Island of the Spratly Island group in the South China Sea. In fact, it was built at the end of 2007, and Taiwan's President Chen visited the island by C-130 military cargo plane on February 2, 2008."