Chinese academics have been visiting Taiwan looking for cooperation with local scholars on addressing territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Mainland scholars attended an international closed-door academic seminar in Taipei on Oct. 7 and 8 on the development and implications of an arbitration case on the South China Sea currently proceeding in the Netherlands.
The initiative comes as the Arbitral Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague is expected to give its first ruling on the Philippines' case against China's activities in the South China Sea in the next few weeks, which could strike a blow to China's sovereignty claims in the region.
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