Despite opposition from other countries, China begins a coast guard patrol east of Taiwan.

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BEIJING/TAIPEI, July 4 (Reuters): After a task force off the island's coast last month alarmed several Western capitals, China announced on Saturday that it had established a new coast guard patrol east of Taiwan. Taipei reacted sharply.
Beijing considers Taiwan to be its own territory, and the Chinese military conducts operations there virtually every day. However, China has started employing its coast guard to uphold its territorial claims in what Taiwan refers to as "lawfare" in order to justify Chinese activities.

According to a statement from China's Coast Guard, the fleet will carry out "law enforcement patrols" in the region and will bolster these operations in what it refers to as China's jurisdictional waters.
It further stated that the coast guard will "firmly safeguard China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests."

TIWAN CALLS THE NEW MOVE DISRUPTIVE AND ILLEGAL
The new patrol was denounced by Taiwan's government as a "disruption of regional stability and an illegal expansion of power in violation of international law."The Mainland Affairs Council, which sets Taiwan's China policy, stated in a statement that "Chinese communists have no sovereignty or related rights in the waters east of Taiwan, have no jurisdiction over these waters, and none of its official vessels have any law-enforcement authority there."

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