Taiwan's minister in charge of the coast guard has made a rare visit to a Taiwan-controlled island in the South China Sea for exercises, including practicing the ?armed boarding of a suspicious ship.
Taiwan and China each claim sovereignty over most of ?the South ?China Sea, and Taiwan has control of Itu Aba in the ?contested Spratly Islands in the southern part of the sea.
In a statement late on Wednesday, Taiwan's coast guard said Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling had visited Itu Aba, which it ?calls Taiping Island, the previous day for a "humanitarian relief, medical evacuation, and marine pollution removal" exercise.
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