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China expected to ignore unofficially recognised Taiwan Strait Line
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2022/08/30 09:52:44
TAIWAN is bracing for Chinese mainland warships to routinely ignore the unofficially recognised line delineating its de facto territorial waters, Reuters reports.
Such expectations are part of the steps an angry Beijing has taken to protest against a visit to Taipei three weeks ago by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"They want to increase pressure on us with the end goal of us giving up the median line," said one Taiwanese official familiar with security planning in the region.
Some Taiwanese officials say it would be "impossible" for the island to abandon the concept of a buffer that the line represents.
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told a news conference a change in the status quo could not be tolerated.
"We need to join our hands with like-minded partners to make sure that the median line is still there, to safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," Mr Wu said.
Other officials and security analysts warn that it would be difficult for the island to defend the line without raising the risk of escalation.
Separately, India and China traded insults over diverging interests in Sri Lanka, after a Chinese "research ship" called despite New Delhi protests, reported Bloomberg.
Sri Lanka ¡°needs support, not unwanted pressure or unnecessary controversies to serve another country¡¯s agenda,¡± the Indian embassy in Colombo said on Twitter, referencing the ongoing political and economic turmoil the nation is already battling after defaulting on its debt for the first time.
The Chinese embassy in Colombo tweeted that Sri Lanka had every right to approve a foreign vessel docking at its port.
Such expectations are part of the steps an angry Beijing has taken to protest against a visit to Taipei three weeks ago by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"They want to increase pressure on us with the end goal of us giving up the median line," said one Taiwanese official familiar with security planning in the region.
Some Taiwanese officials say it would be "impossible" for the island to abandon the concept of a buffer that the line represents.
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told a news conference a change in the status quo could not be tolerated.
"We need to join our hands with like-minded partners to make sure that the median line is still there, to safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," Mr Wu said.
Other officials and security analysts warn that it would be difficult for the island to defend the line without raising the risk of escalation.
Separately, India and China traded insults over diverging interests in Sri Lanka, after a Chinese "research ship" called despite New Delhi protests, reported Bloomberg.
Sri Lanka ¡°needs support, not unwanted pressure or unnecessary controversies to serve another country¡¯s agenda,¡± the Indian embassy in Colombo said on Twitter, referencing the ongoing political and economic turmoil the nation is already battling after defaulting on its debt for the first time.
The Chinese embassy in Colombo tweeted that Sri Lanka had every right to approve a foreign vessel docking at its port.