South China Sea: Taiwan enters power struggle

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Island, not a rock Taiping Island "is entitled to an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles," outgoing Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou told journalists on Wednesday -- which gives a country special rights over the seabed, and marine resources like fish. However, there at least six countries laying competing claims to different parts of the South China Sea, including Vietnam, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. China, with a large U shape on its maps, lays claim to virtually all of the contested waters. To cement its stance, Beijing has been building man-made islands atop seven reefs it controls in the Spratly archipelago, a series of atolls far closer to the Philippines ...
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