Taipei says China's traffic control order for Taiwan Strait during typhoon is 'ridiculous'
Taipei said Beijing has no right to restrict access to international waters and told ships to ignore Chinese broadcast demands.
- On Saturday, Taipei officially rejected China's attempt to impose traffic control measures on vessels in the Taiwan Strait during Typhoon Dolphin, calling Beijing's move "ridiculous" and asserting China has no right to restrict access to international waters.
- As Typhoon Dolphin tracks north of Taiwan toward China's east coast, Chinese state media ordered ships to heed traffic controls starting Thursday night. China claims the strategic strait as its territory, a claim both Taipei and Washington reject.
- Taiwan's Coast Guard reported no "abnormal movements" by Chinese vessels or "broadcast interference" in the area. Authorities advised merchant ships to disregard Chinese broadcast demands and immediately report such incidents.
- In a statement late Friday, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council denounced the move as "unreasonable and crude," stating that the island's own affairs need no "meddling from the Chinese Communists."
- China's military continues to operate in the Taiwan Strait on an almost daily basis. Taiwan's government maintains that only its people can decide the island's future, rejecting Beijing's sovereignty claims.
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Chinese actions in Taiwan Strait criticized
Taiwan on Friday evening criticized Chinese maritime authorities after they claimed to have authority to direct international shipping in the Taiwan Strait during Typhoon Dolphin.The China Maritime Safety Administration’s Guangdong branch earlier on its Web site said that international shipping tran
Taipei says China's traffic control order for Taiwan Strait during typhoon is 'ridiculous'
China's attempt to implement traffic control measures on shipping heading into the Taiwan Strait during Typhoon Dolphin is "ridiculous", Taipei said, adding that Beijing has no right to restrict access to international waters.
In response to the Chinese Communist Party's claim that it was imposing traffic control on ships heading north through the southern entrance of the Taiwan Strait due to the typhoon, the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China stated that the CCP's use of the typhoon as a pretext to claim control over relevant waters of Taiwan violates international norms such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Coast Guard Admin…
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