Taiwan’s coast guard last week caused controversy when it withdrew two patrol boats stationed at Taiping Island in the South China Sea as a precaution against typhoons. Today, when Li Zhongwei, the head of Taiwan's coast patrol department, went to Taiwan's legislative body for questioning, he claimed that there was no evacuation, just adjustments. However, this explanation is unconvincing.
During this sensitive period, the Taiwan authorities withdrew the two 100-ton patrol boats stationed on Taiping Island. In response, Li Zhongwei, head of Taiwan's Coast Guard Department, responded to inquiries today.
Lee Chung-wei, the head of the Taiwan Coast Guard
This is a whole service schedule
I think
will make it more clear when the next special report comes
It is just an adjustment
Li Chung-wei claimed that it was just an adjustment, but the People's Republic of China does not pay the bill. In the inquiry Focus on sensitive disarming time points.
People's Democratic Party Chen Yijie
(Have you reported it if you want to withdraw it)
This is an adjustment of my own service force
(So defending "sovereignty" is such a big thing)
It is the "director" who can decide for himself
Secretive Not only have the people of China continued to question the rhetoric, but even the people of Taiwan are also very worried.
In response to the controversial situation caused by the disarmament last week, Taiwan's Coast Guard suddenly announced yesterday that it would dispatch the 2,000-ton Weixing ship to the South China Sea to perform patrol missions. However, the change from garrison to patrol has also triggered outside speculation.
As for when the 100-ton patrol boats can be sent back to Taiping Island for garrison, Taiwan's Coast Guard did not explain it in today's report, nor did it give a timetable.
analysis pointed out that after the removal of the 100-ton patrol boats, only small boats with poor wind and wave resistance will be left on Taiping Island, and the ability to perform maritime law enforcement will be greatly reduced.
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