Gan Yu, a spokesman for the China Coast Guard, said on February 18 that the Fujian Coast Guard will strengthen its maritime law enforcement forces and carry out regular law enforcement patrols in the Xiajin waters, which will further maintain the order of operations in relevant sea areas and safeguard the safety of fishermen's lives and property. The China Coast Guard's enforcement operation in areas where fishermen on both sides of the strait have traditionally worked in their fishing grounds since ancient times has garnered a lot of support on the Internet. Relevant experts said in an interview with the "Global Times" reporter on the 18th that the law enforcement behavior of the Chinese coast guard is of historic significance, which is a confirmation that there is no "prohibited and restricted waters" in the Xiajinhai area, and relevant actions can prompt the provocateur to calm down.
The Fujian Coast Guard Bureau will strengthen its maritime law enforcement forces and carry out regular law enforcement patrols in the Xiamen-Jin waters. In this regard, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on the 18th that on February 14, the Taiwan side violently drove away the mainland fishing boat, causing two fishermen to be killed, disregarding human life and having a bad attitude, causing strong indignation from all walks of life in the mainland, seriously hurting the feelings of compatriots on both sides of the strait, and seriously undermining the normalization of law enforcement and inspection actions carried out by the mainland coast guard department, which is conducive to maintaining normal order in relevant sea areas and ensuring the safety of the lives and property of mainland fishermen. We strongly support this. Zhu Fenglian also said on 17 August that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. Since ancient times, fishermen on both sides of the strait have been operating in the traditional fishing grounds in the Xiajin waters, and there is no such thing as "prohibiting or restricting waters."
The China Coast Guard's law enforcement patrols in the Xiamen-Jin waters are proof that there are no 'prohibited or restricted waters' in the Xiamen-Jin waters. Military expert Zhang Junshe said in an interview with the "Global Times" reporter on the 18th that the sea area of China's coast guard law enforcement is located in the coastal waters of the mainland, which is China's territorial sea and jurisdiction of the sea area, and it is also the traditional fishing ground of fishermen on both sides of the strait.
Yang Xiao, deputy director of the Institute of Maritime Strategy at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, also believes that there is no "forbidden zone" for the Chinese coast guard to enforce the law in the Xiamen-Jin waters, and that "there is no problem in the Xiamen-Jin waters, which are within the scope of our territorial sovereignty as stipulated by international law." Previously, we were full of goodwill and based on tacit understanding, respecting the tradition of fishermen on both sides of the strait to operate in the traditional fishing grounds in the Xiajin Sea since ancient times, but there are provoking parties to upset this balance, so we must also take action, which is obviously reasonable and legal. ”
At the same time, he believes that the Chinese coast guard has absolute dominance in maritime law enforcement in this area, and in recent years, it has also been working hard to maintain tacit understanding between the two sides of the strait and the stability of the regional situation.
Gan Yu, spokesman for the China Coast Guard, said that the operation of the China Coast Guard will further maintain the order of operations in relevant sea areas and safeguard the safety of fishermen's lives and property. In this regard, Yang Xiao told the Global Times reporter that maintaining order and safety is the starting point of the maritime law enforcement of the Chinese mainland coast guard, and the maritime law enforcement behavior of the mainland coast guard is completely civilized law enforcement behavior, which is essentially different from the so-called "maritime law enforcement department" in Taiwan. This is because the management system and training of its "law enforcement" contingent are extremely unprofessional, and the contingent is mixed with personal or factional interests, and misdeeds occur from time to time. ”
Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the Taiwan side should ascertain the truth and seriously deal with those responsible, and give an explanation to the families of the victims and compatriots on both sides of the strait. The mainland side reserves the right to take further measures, and all consequences will be borne by the Taiwan side.
The China Coast Guard said the operation was a regular law enforcement patrol. Zhang Junshe believes that the main purpose of the Chinese coast guard's law enforcement is to maintain stability and order in the region. The China Coast Guard is the backbone of maintaining the order of fishery production in the region, and it also has the ability to maintain security, order, peace and stability in the region.
Yang Xiao believes that this law enforcement activity is of historic significance, after the region followed a tacit understanding, all parties were able to achieve stable development, and now the provocation continues, and the China Coast Guard has carried out regular law enforcement patrols in the Xiajinhai waters, which is actually a deterrent behavior, which can prompt the provocateur to calm down, so as to jointly maintain peace and stability in the region, which is a "benign response".
Global Times-Global Network reported reporter Fan Wei.