Since the Tsai Ing-wen administration came to power, it has not only followed the People's Liberation Army military aircraft around Taiwan in the air and "followed any mainland warships" at sea, but has also not spared mainland fishing boats, completely disregarding the feelings

Source: Privy Council No. 10

Since the Tsai Ing-wen authorities came to power, they have not only followed the People's Liberation Army military aircraft around Taiwan in the air and "will follow any mainland warships " at sea, but they have also not spared mainland fishing boats, completely disregarding the flesh and blood of their compatriots.

Taiwan’s United News Network reported on the 28th that the Kaohsiung Qiaotou District Prosecutor’s Office directed the “Coast Patrol Office” and the Kaohsiung City Hunei Police Station to launch the “Illegal Sand Extraction Project in Taiwan Beach Sea Areas” from April 25th to 26th. In the early morning of the same day, a mainland sand pumping ship was seized in Anping Port.

reported that the Taiwan Air Service Corps helicopter was 93 nautical miles west of Anping Port in Tainan and discovered that the mainland's "Huayi 9" sand pumping ship was conducting "sand stealing operations." Captain Li Songqiao of the Tainan Coast Guard broadcasted and ordered the patrol vessel to intercept the vessel. Patrol boats and special service personnel finally used "superior police force" to escort the vessel back to Kaohsiung's Xingda Port for investigation. The "Pingtung Ship" also continued to use water cannons to drive away and collect evidence from other mainland ships that were not operating at the scene.

Preliminary investigation shows that the sand pumping ship has 10 crew members. The entire case will be transferred to the Qiaotou District Prosecutor's Office for investigation. Statistics from Taiwan's "Coast Patrol Administration" show that from January to the end of March this year, Taiwan Strait patrol ships have driven away 39 mainland sand pumping (transporting) ships in the Taiwan Strait waters.

The DPP authorities euphemistically claim to be attacking mainland fishing boats and sand pumping boats to "protect the marine ecology and environment," but in fact they have ulterior motives. First, it was to compete with the mainland coast guard. Some "legislators" in Taiwan said that as the mainland coast guard's armed equipment and coast guard ships have increased in tonnage and number, they have become the "second navy" and have put pressure on surrounding areas. Therefore, Taiwan also needs to strengthen its maritime patrol capabilities. However, the island is also worried that the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea and the Diaoyu Islands are all sensitive waters. Taiwan’s Coast Guard will enforce the law at sea and ban “cross-border” mainland fishing boats, intercept and inspect mainland merchant ships, or seize mainland smugglers. At this time, if a mainland coast guard ship interferes, conflicts will easily arise.

The second reason that the DPP authorities cannot explain is that they are worried that the People's Liberation Army will use fishing boats to "invade Taiwan". The "National Defense Report" released by Taiwan's military in November last year stated that in recent years, the mainland has frequently operated against Taiwan and diversified "grey zone threats", which can be divided into military and non-military means. Conduct targeted drills around the island; the latter include speedboats ramming Taiwan's coast guard, sand pumping ships operating in the waters surrounding Taiwan, etc., in order to "achieve their goal of seizing Taiwan without a fight."

Taking action against mainland fishing boats on the pretext of "crossing the line" has become a common tactic of the DPP authorities, with no regard for the flesh and blood of the compatriots. In May 2017, Taiwan's Penghu 8th Coast Guard carried out "shooting deterrence" on a Guangdong-registered fishing boat in the waters on the grounds of "cross-border fishing" and fired five shots, injuring two crew members on board. In October 2020, the northeast monsoon blew strongly, and more than 20 mainland fishing boats took shelter in the Xiji waters of Penghu. Taiwan's "Coastal Patrol Administration" Fleet Branch dispatched a 3,000-ton "Kaohsiung ship " to drive them away by firing water cannons. Continental ship.

But on the other hand, when Taiwan's coast patrol force encountered Japanese fishing boats, they didn't even dare to let out a fart, and they acted like slaves who flattered Japan.

In response to the Democratic Progressive Party authorities' previous behavior of frequently detaining mainland fishing boats and even injuring fishermen, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council once called on the Taiwan authorities to "sympathize with others." It can be said that the mainland has always treated Taiwanese fishermen with compatriot friendship. We have set up reception facilities for Taiwanese fishermen in many places along the coast to provide Taiwanese fishing boats and fishermen with shelter, supplies, rescue, rescue and other related assistance. Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are flesh and blood brothers. The DPP authorities always treat mainland fishermen in a rough and dangerous way, which is really outrageous.