China says it is 'safeguarding order' around Taiwan-controlled South China Sea atoll
Taipei says two Chinese coast guard incidents near the atoll show Beijing is trying to assert jurisdiction over Taiwan-controlled waters.
- On Wednesday, China's government claimed its coast guard was "safeguarding order" near the Pratas, while Taiwan reported two incidents since Sunday of Chinese vessels approaching the strategically located atoll.
- Beijing is attempting to "domesticate" the Taiwan issue to "create an illusion of having de facto jurisdiction over Taiwan's surrounding waters and offshore islands," said Mainland Affairs Council head Chiu Chui-cheng on Tuesday.
- The Coast Guard Administration reported conducting 15 expulsions of Chinese vessels this year, noting China employs "fake law enforcement" and "dark ship" tactics by turning off AIS to hide locations.
- Randall Schriver, chair of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, called the patrols "highly destabilizing," describing them as an extension of Beijing's legal and political warfare against Taipei.
- China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhang Han defended the patrols as "indisputable sovereignty," blaming Taiwan's "obstinate insistence" on separatism for the risk of war across the Taiwan Strait.
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China says it is 'safeguarding order' around Taiwan-controlled South China Sea atoll
China's government said on Wednesday that its coast guard was "safeguarding order" around a tiny and strategically located Taiwan-controlled atoll at the top end of the South China Sea where Taipei fears Beijing is trying to enforce jurisdiction.
Coast guard details China’s activities near Pratas
Fifteen expulsions of Chinese vessels have been conducted on 12 separate occasions to remove them from waters near the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島) so far this year, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said yesterday.The comment came as a CGA vessel was locked in an ongoing standoff with
China says it is ‘safeguarding order’ around Taiwan-controlled South China Sea atoll
BEIJING, Oct 21 (Reuters) - China's government said on Wednesday that its coast guard was "safeguarding order" around a tiny and strategically located Taiwan-controlled atoll at the top end of the South China Sea where Taipei fears Beijing is trying t...
The Chinese government has responded after Taiwan reported two incidents involving Chinese coast guard vessels approaching the Dongsha Islands since October 18.
China is "maintaining order" around a Taiwanese-controlled atoll. The coast guard is operating around a small and strategically located atoll in the northern South China Sea - an area where Taipei fears Beijing is trying to impose its jurisdiction.
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