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Taiwan’s 4,000-ton patrol boat during the June 2020 launch ceremony – Photo: OAC
This is part of the new regulations that have just been added and will go into effect immediately on December 3, according to the news site. Taiwan News. According to some people Further modifications and additions to the coast guard are needed due to “increasing threats at sea,” Taiwanese officials.
In the event that communication between Taipei and the Dongsha or Baping Islands is disrupted, the highest ranking officer at the scene has full discretion to retaliate against the attackers first.
Ba Binh Island belongs to the Spratlys of Vietnam, but was illegally occupied by Taiwan. Today, Taiwan remains the controlling party of the Dongsha Archipelago, which is one of the “Sihas” that China has aggressively promoted unreasonable sovereignty claims in recent years.
As the distance between Taiwan and Dongsha is 450 km, in addition to the archipelago being closer to mainland China, explains the OAC, “there is a need for flexibility to allow officers on site to respond to invasions appropriately.” .
The Taipei government is particularly concerned about the fate of the Dongsha Archipelago, as tensions between the two shores of the Taiwan Strait have increased. China has conducted bombing and landing simulation exercises to seize Dong Sa Island, as well as testing the reaction of Taiwanese fighters from July and August 2020 until now.
The move came shortly after a Chinese bill allowed the country’s seas to use weapons to suppress the seas.
Under this bill, Chinese customs has the right to use weapons against foreign ships believed to be in breach of “Chinese waters” in two cases: in an emergency situation or when warnings The Chinese (such as requests to stop trains and check with Chinese authorities) are ignored.
Observers warned that if this bill is passed, the Chinese customs scene will have great power, endangering fishing activities in the South China Sea, including the activities of Vietnamese fishermen.
The role of the Taiwan Ocean Affairs Council is broad: it administers three smaller agencies, the Coast Guard, the Department of Ocean Conservation, and the Institute for Ocean Research. The Taiwanese government is focusing on undersea ship building and patrol programs “under threat from China.”
