Taiwanese ships off the east coast should ignore boarding and inspection demands by China’s coast guard, and the island’s coast guard vessels will intervene to stop this from happening if necessary, a senior official said on Wednesday.
China considers democratically governed Taiwan to be its own territory, and last month sent coast guard ships into the sea off the island’s east coast for what it termed a “special maritime traffic law-enforcement operation.”
Beijing said the operation was in response to an announcement by Japan and the Philippines that they would open talks on their maritime boundaries, which the Chinese regime viewed as affecting its waters off Taiwan….
Taiwan Ships Should Ignore Boarding Requests by China’s Coast Guard, Taipei Says
