By Cindy Wang, Yian Lee & Foster Wong China detained a Taiwanese fishing boat and its crew, a move that risks worsening tensions with the island’s new president.
China detained a Taiwanese fishing boat and its crew, a move that risks worsening tensions with the island’s new president.
Taiwan Coast Guard ships tried to stop the detention but “since our boat had penetrated deep into the other party’s territorial waters, in order to avoid escalating the conflict, the hot pursuit was stopped,” the authorities added. While incidents involving fishing vessels from the two sides occur regularly, this latest one comes as Beijing ramps up pressure on Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te. China sees Lai as pushing for independence for the US-backed island that China has vowed to control eventually, by force if necessary. Officials in Taipei have also expressed concern in recent days that China will detain more individuals from the island to pile pressure on Lai.
Earlier this year, a China-registered speedboat carrying four people capsized near Kinmen during a chase after it refused inspection by Taiwanese authorities. Two of the Chinese fishermen were rescued while two others died.
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