The Straits Times of Singapore wrote today (June 7): "Following the entry of a Chinese coast guard vessel into the restricted waters around the Dongsha Islands on Friday (June 5), Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration announced on Saturday (June 6) that a mainland China oceanographic survey ship had entered the Dongsha waters. The Coast Guard Administration assessed this as the first time that a Chinese coast guard vessel and a survey ship have 'jointly provoked' in the Dongsha area, aiming to create a false impression of Beijing's jurisdiction over the relevant waters."
[Witty] Commenting briefly: The Taiwan authorities label their own homecoming as an 'invasion', depict lawful enforcement actions as 'joint provocation', and slander China's coast guard patrolling in our Dongsha waters as fabricating a 'false image'. The real falsification lies with the so-called restricted waters line unilaterally drawn by the DPP authorities. Our sovereignty over Dongsha is an indisputable historical and international legal fact—where, then, could there be any 'false image'? The Straits Times simply parroted this twisted rhetoric without critical analysis, essentially lending support to separatist narratives. The combination of China's coast guard and research vessels entering Dongsha is not provocation—it transforms sovereignty into actual administration. The next step is making you accustomed to what normalcy looks like. Those who shout 'false image' will eventually come to accept that this is the real deal.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1867292253945864/
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