Law of the Sea
Taiwan

Taiwan sent coastguard vessels to a disputed area of the East China Sea in response to the Japanese arrest of a Taiwanese skipper for allegedly illegal fishing in Japan's EEZ. Later, Taiwan protested to Japan for the way it handled the Taiwanese boat.

Taiwan
United Nations

For the first time in 17 years, Taiwan will not make a bid to join the United Nations. Taiwan is recognised by only 23 states and failed in the previous 16 attempts due to China's opposition.

Taiwan

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou indicated there were certain lines he would not cross in dealing with the mainland when he rebuffed a suggestion by Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, that the number of direct cross-strait flights would be sharply increased by opening up the centre of the Taiwan Strait. He said the airspace around the central line was "a key training base for our air force which is impossible to open up".