Editing Lee Teng-hui (section)

== South China Sea dispute ==
Under Lee, it was stated that "legally, historically, geographically, or in reality", all of the South China Sea and Spratly islands were the territory of the Republic of China and under ROC sovereignty, and denounced actions undertaken there by Malaysia and the Philippines, in a statement on 13 July 1999 released by the foreign ministry of Taiwan.<ref>{{cite news |author= STRATFOR's Global Intelligence Update |date=14 July 1999 |title= Taiwan sticks to its guns, to U.S. chagrin |url= http://www.atimes.com/china/AG15Ad01.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000929110352/http://www.atimes.com/china/AG15Ad01.html |url-status= unfit |archive-date= 29 September 2000 |newspaper= Asia Times Online|access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> The claims made by both the PRC and the Republic of China "mirror" each other.<ref name="Sisci 2010">{{cite news |last= Sisci |first= Francesco |date=29 June 2010 |title= US toe-dipping muddies South China Sea |url= http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LG29Ad01.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100730065234/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LG29Ad01.html |url-status= unfit |archive-date= 30 July 2010 |newspaper=Asia Times Online |access-date= 14 May 2014}}</ref> During international talks involving the Spratly islands, the PRC and ROC have sometimes made efforts to coordinate their positions with each other since both have the same claims.<ref name="Sisci 2010"/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=szcywfgKySAC&pg=PA91 Pak 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412113518/https://books.google.com/books?id=szcywfgKySAC&pg=PA91 |date=12 April 2023 }}, p. 91.</ref>