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June 7th, 2016 
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nsnbc : Taiwan’s Defense Minister, Feng Shih-kuan, told MPs during a parliamentary session on Monday, that Taiwan won’t recognize any Chinese Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the South China Sea.
The announcement before parliament was made as a court ruling about a Chinese – Philippine territorial dispute is expected within the coming weeks. The case was brought before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) by the Philippines, and the PCA is widely expected to rule in favor of Manila. China, for its part, insists that the disputes should be settled in bilateral talks.
Feng Shih-kuan stressed that Taiwan’s top security agency said that the declaration of a new ADIZ over the South China Sea by China could usher in a wave of international tensions. It is noteworthy that Taiwan’s defense strategy heavily depends on air defense, special forces.
The strategy aims at stalling an eventual Chinese aggression until U.S. forces can reach the theater, or until the prospect of an eventual U.S. intervention will lead to a diplomatic settlement.
The discussions about the “possible” establishment of an ADIZ by Beijing began after U.S. officials expressed concern that a ruling by the PCA in favor of the Philippines could prompt China to declare a new ADIZ as it did over the East China Sea in 2013.
Beijing, for its part, has expressed deep concern and stressed the need to be capable of identifying possible threats because almost all of China’s industrial, financial and most strategic assets are located at or near its coast. China has neither confirmed or denied plans about the establishment of a new ADIZ over the South China Sea.
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims, as well as more or less close military ties with Washington.
The swearing in of Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen last month suggests a change in Taiwan’ relation with China. Tsai’s independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party overturned eight years of rule by the more Beijing-friendly Nationalist rule on the island.
CH/L – nsnbc 07.06.2016
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