US, Vietnam Criticize Taiwan Leader's Plan To Visit S. China Sea Island

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou planned trip to an island in the South China Sea, is "extremely unhelpful" and won't do anything to resolve regional disputes over the waterway, a U.S. official said Wednesday. Ma’s office says the president will travel to Taiping island Thursday to meet with Taiwanese military personnel stationed there ahead of the Lunar New Year. The island is in a resource-rich area at the center of territorial disputes between China and its Asia-Pacific...

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