3/14/2024 0 Comments China beach warTaiwan's coast guard inspects a vessel that capsized during a chase off the coast of the Kinmen islands on February 14, 2024. “Such a vicious incident seriously hurt the feelings of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait” during the Lunar New Year holiday – a time for family reunions celebrated in both mainland China and Taiwan, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Thursday. Two survived after being rescued by Taiwan’s coast guard, while the other two were found unconscious and confirmed dead after being taken to the hospital in Kinmen.īeijing has issued strongly-worded condemnations and blamed Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the deaths, claiming it had used “various excuses to forcefully seize mainland fishing boats and treat mainland fishermen roughly and dangerously.” The escalation came days after a Chinese speedboat capsized while attempting to flee from Taiwan’s coast guard, which said it had trespassed to fish in waters about 1 nautical mile off Kinmen’s coast.įour crew members fell into the water. The patrols are likely to put Chinese coast guard vessels in closer proximity to their Taiwanese counterparts, potentially raising the risk of miscalculation and conflict. The move is aimed at “further maintaining the order of operations in the relevant waters and protecting the lives and property of fishermen,” Gan Yu, a spokesperson for China’s coast guard, said in a statement. China is increasing patrols in waters near a group of frontline islands controlled by Taiwan, as tensions rise after two Chinese fishermen drowned during a pursuit by Taiwan’s coast guard who accused them of trespassing.Ĭhina’s coast guard said Sunday its Fujian division will strengthen maritime law enforcement and carry out “regular patrols” in waters around the Chinese city of Xiamen and Taiwan’s Kinmen islands, which lie just miles apart.
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