Economy

South China Sea ruling looms large over EU-China summit

China will not accept any actions based on the decision yesterday (12 July) by the South China Sea arbitral tribunal, according to its president, and premier. They made the remarks while meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Beijing.

China's Premier Li Keqiang, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) and European Council President Donald Tusk attend a signing ceremony at a China-EU summit in Beijing in 2016. [Reuters]

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The award rendered by the tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the South China Sea arbitration, which includes Taiping Island in the Nansha (Spratly) Islands, initiated by the Philippines is completely unacceptable to the Republic of China (Taiwan) and is not legally binding on the nation, according to Taiwan Minister of Foreign Affairs David Tawei Lee.

“There are two main reasons for this,” Lee said during a news conference at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei City. “First, the ROC is referred to as ‘Taiwan Authority of [mainland] China,’ an inappropriate designation that is demeaning to the status of the ROC as a sovereign state.

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