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The Nansha Taiping Island International Research Station has commenced operations, and the National Academy of Marine Research aims to invite international researchers to the facility on Itu Aba Island (Taiping Island, 太平島) in the diputed South China Sea, a source said on Thursday.
Former academy president Chiu Yung-fang (邱永芳) called the establishment of the facility, which was proposed by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), a “major national task.”
Tsai in a speech in 2016 said Taiwan would strive to work with countries in the region on scientific pursuits, including research related to earthquake and tsunami monitoring, climate change and ocean acidification.
She also
By Hung Ting-hung and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Nansha Taiping Island International Research Station has commenced operations, and the National Academy of Marine Research aims to invite international researchers to the facility on Itu Aba Island （Taiping Island, 太平島） in the diputed South China Sea, a source said on Thursday.
In late 2019 and early 2020, China announced its Four-Sha sovereignty claims over the East Sea in two diplomatic notes sent to the UN Secretary-General, aiming to replace the so-called nine-dash line that had been previously rejected by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).