Lawmakers ask president to mull tour of South China Sea

Lawmakers passed a proposal Wednesday asking President Ma Ying-jeou to mull the possibility of inspecting Taiwan-controlled islands in the South China Sea to assert the country's sovereignty amid growing tensions in the disputed region.

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