Taiwan joins China protest over RP’s oil search plan By Michaela P. del Callar 03/14/2012

Taiwan joins China protest over RP’s oil search plan

By Michaela P. del Callar 03/14/2012

Taiwan has joined rival China in protesting a Philippine plan to conduct oil and gas exploration near the contested South China Sea where it is also claiming sovereignty.

According to Taiwan’s foreign ministry, Manila is accepting bids for an oil and gas exploration in the Reed Bank or referred to as Recto Bank by the Philippines.

Taiwan, a democratic self-governing island that has been separated from the Chinese mainland since 1949, in a statement, said the Reed Bank “is part of the Spratly Islands” and that “we reject any claim or occupation by any means of the islands and the surrounding waters.”... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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