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Maritime Legislation of Mainland China and Taiwan: Developments, Comparison, Implications, and Potential Challenges for the United States YANN-HUEI SONG , Institute of eroupean and American studies, academia sinica, Taipei taiwanZOU KEYUAN, East asian institute, national university of Singapore, singapore "...The two governing authorities for China both claim to represent China and apply their laws to the entire China, but in reality the application of their respective laws is limited to those areas under the actual control of either Mainland China or Taiwan. Mainland China’s laws tend to be superior to those of Taiwan’s in implementation and enforcement because of the PRC’s status and diplomatic ties with neighboring countries. The inferiority of Taiwan’s laws does not mean that those laws are not implemented, just that their application is limited, not only geographically, but also politically. Potential conflicts in implementing the above laws can and will arise since they are made and enforced by different authorities. On the other hand, it is interesting to note that all of the above laws take the same position vis-à-vis other countries, particularly on maritime boundary and sovereignty claims over the disputed islands in the East and South China Sea. In this sense, the laws of the PRC and the ROC are complementary..."
