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“Taiwan’s maritime sovereignty cannot beryllium “violated” by Chinese efforts to make a mendacious content of jurisdiction,” the island’s seashore defender said aft China ended a patrol disconnected its eastbound shores.
China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan arsenic its ain territory, was angered aft Japan and the Philippines said past month they would statesman ceremonial talks connected their maritime boundaries, viewing that arsenic involving waters disconnected Taiwan.
Late on Saturday (June 6, 2026), Chinese authorities media reported that ships had been sent to transportation retired a “special maritime postulation law-enforcement operation” and inspect shipping successful waters eastbound of Taiwan successful effect to the Japanese and Philippine announcement.
Late connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026), Chinese authorities media said the patrol had ended, after it had “inspected 198 passing vessels and rectified violations involving 3 ships”, and carried retired a hydrographic survey and patrolled areas wherever undersea cables are located.
Taiwan’s seashore defender said Beijing has nary jurisdiction successful those waters and that whenever Chinese ships appear, Taiwan’s ain vessels will “forcefully thrust them away, and support the state and information of navigation”.
“Our nation’s maritime sovereignty cannot beryllium violated,” Taiwan’s seashore guard said successful a statement. “Any state that asserts jurisdiction volition beryllium expelled without exception.” Chinese authorities media enactment retired a representation of a basal map of its ships’ operations, showing arrows encircling Taiwan.
Merchant ships ‘harassed’ by China
Taiwan said this week that 3 passing merchant ships successful the country were “harassed” by the Chinese seashore defender which asked them for accusation astir their constituent of root and destination and claimed jurisdiction.
Taiwan Coast Guard spokesperson Hsieh Ching-chin told reporters connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) that immoderate of those ships did respond to the Chinese vessels with accusation similar their adjacent larboard of call. China “has no sovereign rights whatsoever successful the waters eastbound of Taiwan”, helium added.
“Our Coast Guard medication will, careless of nationality, expel without objection immoderate vas progressive successful asserting jurisdiction, successful bid to support our sovereignty,” Mr. Hsieh said. China recognises nary sovereignty claimed by Taiwan, and Chinese warships and warplanes run astir the land connected an astir daily basis.
Taiwan’s authorities says lone the island’s radical tin determine their future, and President Lai Ching-te has repeatedly offered talks with China. Beijing has rebuffed Lai, saying helium is simply a “separatist”.
