guest wrote:
> Could Taiwan just give up and try a Hong Kong deal? Why are they
> protesting the South China Sea decision?
Many Taiwanese are looking on the Hong Kong situation with horror,
because of the way that Beijing has been treating Hong Kong citizens,
and in particular has reneged on its promise of free elections in Hong
Kong. So they do not want to be another Hong Kong.
Taiwan lays claim to Taiping Island in the Spratly Island group.
Taiwan rejects the Tribunal findings because the ruling does not
recognize Taiwan's claim. Taiwan is also pissed off because the
Tribunal did not even permit them to participate in the hearings,
because the UN does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation.