Within 24 hours, the mainland coast guard took two operations, the coast guard ships drove in front of Kinmen with machine guns, and the Taiwan military hurriedly retreated, claiming that they would not intervene, but the Taiwan Strait Guard still retains the right to "fire the first shot." This time, will the conflict point in the Taiwan Strait be detonated?
After the mainland officially announced that the so-called "forbidden and restricted waters" in the Xiajin waters did not exist, on the 18th, the Fujian Coast Guard announced that it would normalize law enforcement in the Xiajin waters. As soon as the words fell, at noon that day, two coast guard ships had already sailed east and west to the vicinity of Kinmen, and one of the coast guard ships also carried a 30-millimeter cannon, according to Taiwan media reports, six mainland coast guard law enforcement ships sailed around the Xiamen-Jin sea area on the afternoon of the 19th. Most importantly, on the afternoon of the 19th, the mainland stopped a yacht in Kinmen for the first time and carried out a boarding inspection for about half an hour, declaring the mainland's absolute right to manage the waters.
Twenty-four hours after the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council demanded that the Taiwan authorities find out the truth, the Taiwan authorities chose to be perfunctory, only verbally stating that the Taiwan side had not taken "vicious actions," and then taking a tough attitude and saying that they would continue to "firmly enforce the law." The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is the "law enforcement" holiday of the Taiwan authorities, and the weather at sea is not good on that day, so all actions should be based on conservatism and safety, but the Taiwan authorities have taken drastic measures that have not been seen before, and this has led to the occurrence of the first thing.
After the incident, under heavy pressure from the mainland, the Taiwan authorities repeatedly shirked and twisted and pinched, and did not dare to show their "law enforcement" records; even after the mainland had already defined the right to govern the Xiamen-Jin waters, they made it clear that they would "fight for power" with the mainland, and the mainland told the Taiwan authorities in two practical actions who was the one in charge.
The mainland's first boarding of a ship for inspection sparked heated discussions on the island, and most voices were criticizing the authorities for causing trouble, and the Kuomintang even warned that "world wars are caused by trivial matters." The Taiwan Strait Patrol Department did not dare to let the situation ferment and immediately made a detailed understanding of the situation at that time. It turned out that the cruise ship named "Hatsui" had indeed "crossed the line", and at that time the ship was passing through too many shallow areas, and it was biased to the mainland side in order to avoid danger.
In fact, we all know that there are no so-called "restrictions" or "prohibitions," and the mainland will board and inspect the yacht, whether it is biased toward the mainland or the Taiwan region, and this is a battle to defend dignity and political power, and the mainland cannot afford to lose; we believe that even if there were no Taiwan vessels at sea that day, the mainland coast guard ships in front of Kinmen would have taken other actions to declare their sovereignty.
After seeing that the mainland was moving in earnest, Taiwan's defense department, which was still arrogant, was instantly deflated, and its responsible person, Chiu Kuo-cheng, had already stated that the Taiwan military would not take the initiative to intervene in the mainland's coast guard law enforcement, and hoped that the two sides of the strait would handle the issue peacefully, because if they intervened, it would trigger an escalation of the conflict. Some netizens on the island ridiculed this, "If Taiwan's defense department intervenes, the two sides of the strait will be reunified!" "Not only Taiwan's defense department, but also the Taiwan authorities, fearing a conflict with the mainland, have also asked Taiwan's ships to refuse to inspect themselves and ask the coast guard department for assistance if something happens.
It is worth noting that last year, Taiwan's legislature passed an amendment to the "Regulations on the Use of Instruments of Coast Guard Organs", allowing the coast guard department to use firearms without asking for instructions, and can directly choose **. Qiu Guozheng shifted the responsibility to the Coast Guard department and wanted not to trigger a conflict, which shows that although the Taiwan Strait Patrol reserves its rights, it does not dare to "fire the first shot."
The coast guard's law enforcement is still within the scope of civil public security disputes, but if the Taiwan authorities dare to use force, then the mainland will have every reason to use force to completely resolve the Taiwan issue.