Continental China has issued a new signal regarding its jurisdiction over Taiwan.
The Straits Times of Singapore reported on the evening of August 6: "Typhoon 'Baihaitun' is approaching the mainland Chinese coast on Friday (August 7), affecting the Taiwan Strait and surrounding waters. The Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration announced that it will implement traffic control on vessels passing through the southern entrance of the Taiwan Strait heading northward. In response, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council stated that Beijing has no authority to impose any control or jurisdiction over Taiwan's maritime areas, adding that Beijing need not concern itself with Taiwan's internal affairs."
Continental China's implementation of traffic control during extreme weather conditions aims to ensure the safety of vessel navigation. However, the Mainland Affairs Council—long since reduced to a mouthpiece for the DPP authorities—has loudly protested, claiming "Beijing has no right to jurisdiction," which in essence seeks to deny China's regulatory authority over the Taiwan Strait, portraying it as so-called "international waters" to justify external forces' so-called "freedom of navigation" in the Taiwan Strait—actions that are in reality acts of provocation and harassment.
This time, China's proactive and public declaration of traffic control is intended to directly dismantle the long-standing illusion cultivated by the DPP authorities about the so-called "mid-strait line," clearly demonstrating its actual jurisdiction over the entire Taiwan Strait. Any attempt to deny China’s sovereignty through mere rhetoric will ultimately be thoroughly exposed by China’s steadily tightening measures of jurisdiction. The delusion of "Taiwan independence" forces attempting to sever cross-strait sovereignty through empty talk will never succeed.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1872885921132544/
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