TAIPEI ¨C Taiwan¡¯s maritime sovereignty cannot be ¡°violated¡± by Chinese ?efforts to create a false impression of jurisdiction, the island¡¯s coast guard said after China ended a patrol off Taiwan¡¯s eastern shores.
China, which claims democratically governed ?Taiwan as its own territory, was angered after ?Japan and ?the Philippines said last month they ?would begin formal talks on their maritime boundaries, viewing that as involving waters off Taiwan.
Late on ?Saturday, Chinese state media reported that ships had been sent ?to carry out a ¡°special maritime traffic law-enforcement operation¡± and inspect shipping in waters ?east of Taiwan in response ?to the Japanese and Philippine announcement.
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