The Taiwan Affairs Office responds to Kuan Bi-ling's fallacy.
On the morning of September 24th, the Taiwan Affairs Office held a routine press conference. Reporter: Recently, the "Chairperson" of the Taiwan Affairs Office, Guan Biling, stated that "China's entry into Taiwan's jurisdictional waters is mostly harassment, not law enforcement; law enforcement authority is firmly in the hands of the Taiwan side"; "Mainland fishing vessels have been found to engage in behaviors such as poisonous fish and habitat destruction"; and expressed hope to cooperate with the mainland to address marine waste management issues in Kinmen and Matsu. What is your comment on this?
Spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office, Chen Binhua: Taiwan is part of China, and the Taiwan Strait is Chinese territory. China has sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Strait. Mainland maritime law enforcement patrols in relevant areas are legal and legitimate actions aimed at maintaining the order of fisheries production, maritime fisheries resources, and the marine environment in the relevant areas. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities dare to provoke trouble and must bear all the consequences that result from it.
The waters surrounding Kinmen, Matsu, and related islands have long been traditional fishing areas for fishermen from both sides of the strait. The mainland has always attached great importance to the protection of fishery resources and marine ecological environment, actively taken effective measures to promote sustainable development of marine fisheries, and protect the ecological environment in the relevant areas.
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