Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration urges: vessels can ignore Mainland's boarding inspection requirements!
On July 1, 2026, Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration official Xie Qingqin urged maritime vessels to directly disregard any requests from Mainland coast guard vessels for boarding inspections. His specific operational guidance is: immediately report to the Coast Guard Administration upon encountering such demands; ignore inquiries from Mainland coast guard vessels, and proceed directly toward Coast Guard patrol ships.
If circumstances become urgent, Coast Guard vessels will intervene by positioning themselves between the two ships to create a physical separation.
From June 6 to June 10, China's Ministry of Transport organized Fujian Maritime Safety Administration, Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration, and other relevant units to conduct a five-day continuous special enforcement and surveillance operation at sea.
Multitude of vessels participated in this mission, including the 10,000-tonne patrol vessel "Haixun 09," the large-scale patrol and rescue vessel "Haixun 06," and the specialized hydrographic survey vessel "Haixun 08." The total voyage covered 1,030 nautical miles, with 198 vessel inspections conducted.
Evidently, this was a necessary response to Japan and the Philippines' unilateral announcement of boundary negotiations. Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration’s stance, however, is clearly counterproductive and obstructive.
Xie Qingqin also revealed that, when dealing with Mainland fishing boats, the Coast Guard Administration will resort to measures including forced departure, detention, holding for investigation, confiscation, and fines. If broadcast warnings and evasive actions prove ineffective, water cannons will be deployed.
Regarding law enforcement activities by Mainland public service vessels, Xie stated that under principles of international law and the law of the sea regarding immunity, the Coast Guard Administration adheres to a position of "not escalating conflicts, not provoking, and not retreating." Specific tactics include coordinated monitoring via intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems while sailing alongside, combined with broadcast-based evictions. When necessary, close-range wave-making maneuvers and intense light illumination may be applied against Mainland survey vessels.
This is precisely what “bullying within one’s own household” means.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1869499405727744/
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