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Taiwan Sends Warship to South China Sea after Ruling

2016-07-14 08:50:19       source:Times of India

July 14, 2016

 

"A Taiwanese warship set sail for the South China Sea on Wednesday 'to defend Taiwan's maritime territory', a day after an international tribunal ruled China has no historic rights in the waterway and undermined Taipei's claims to islands there.


President Tsai Ing-wen rallied troops on the deck of the frigate, saying Taiwanese were determined to 'defend their country's rights', before the warship headed for Taiwan-controlled Taiping island in the Spratly island chain from the southern city of Kaohsiung."

 

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