Taiwan, China coast guards in standoff at top of South China Sea
Taiwan said its coast guard confronted a Chinese ship that claimed sovereignty over the Pratas as the standoff continued into a second day.
- The Taiwanese and Chinese coast guards were engaged in a tense standoff for the second day near the strategically located Pratas islands at the top of the South China Sea.
- China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a position the government in Taipei rejects.
- The Chinese ship broadcast that it was on a routine mission and that China had sovereignty and jurisdiction over the Pratas, prompting warnings from the Taiwanese coast guard.
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It was on a strategic maritime route, controlled by Taiwan but also claimed by China, that the confrontation, which lasted two days, revived the constant tensions between the two countries The Taiwanese Coast Guard declared on Sunday that one of their ships had been engaged for two days in a "face-to-face" with a Chinese Coast Guard building near Pratas, islands disputed in the northern part of the South China Sea. The incident began Saturday in…
A ship from the Chinese Coast Guard has approached the Taiwanese Pratas Islands. Taiwan reports a confrontation with its own Coast Guard via radio.
Taiwan, China coast guards in standoff at top of South China Sea
The Taiwanese and Chinese coast guards were engaged in a tense standoff for the second day near the strategically located Pratas islands at the top of the South China Sea, Taiwan's Coast Guard said on Sunday.
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