According to the Taiwan authorities, the two sides of the strait exchanged views for nearly an hour, and in the end, the Taiwan Strait Guard Department was defeated and retreated under the pressure of seven coast guard vessels, and could only watch the mainland seize a Taiwan fishing boat.
At about 8 o'clock in the evening of the 2nd, the fishing boat "Dajinman No. 88" from Taiwan and Penghu appeared in the waters off Kinmen to carry out fishing operations, and its appearance immediately attracted the attention of the mainland coast guard. In May this year, mainland officials announced a three-month moratorium on fishing in the Bohai, Yellow and East China Seas, prohibiting fishing operations. And just a few days ago, the mainland coast guard also broadcast to fishermen in the Taiwan Strait to announce the ban on fishing during the fishing moratorium. This fishing boat committed a crime against the wind, and happened to be caught by the mainland.
According to a briefing given by the Taiwan Strait Patrol Department, on the evening of the same day, two mainland coast guard ships first boarded and inspected the Taiwan fishing boat, and the Taiwan fishing boat "shook people" on the spot and "called for help" to the Taiwan Strait Patrol department; after receiving the call for help, the Taiwan Strait Patrol immediately dispatched two coast guard boats to the scene to stop it, and the two sides confronted each other for nearly an hour, during which time the Taiwan Strait Patrol also urgently dispatched one additional coast guard boat. However, at 9:14 p.m. that night, when the Taiwan Strait Patrol was only 1.6 nautical miles away from the Taiwan fishing boats, three mainland coast guard ships cut off their way.
Recalling the experience on the evening of 2 July, the Taiwan Strait Patrol still had lingering palpitations, claiming that at that time it had also noticed that four mainland coast guard ships were assembling at the scene, and at one time confronted seven mainland coast guard ships. The coast guard boat broadcast to the mainland coast guard ship demanding that the mainland immediately release the Taiwan fishing boat, but the mainland coast guard ignored Taiwan's shouts and demanded through the radio that the Taiwan side should not interfere with the mainland's law enforcement. At that time, the Taiwan Strait patrol boat had already penetrated deep into the baseline of the mainland's territorial waters, and seeing that it was difficult to protect itself, the Taiwan Strait Patrol had no choice but to go home on the spot. In this way, the Taiwan fishing boat and the five crew members on board were taken back to Weitou Port in Fujian Province at 10:30 a.m. for investigation.
The island noted that the mainland had broken with convention this time. According to statistics, since 2003, a total of 17 Taiwan fishing boats have been boarded and inspected by the mainland during the off-season fishing moratorium, but 11 of them were released after paying the fines, and the remaining 6 were brought back by the Taiwan Strait Patrol for disposal after on-site consultations between the two sides. This is the first time that the mainland has shown no mercy and has directly brought people back without even giving them a chance to hold consultations.
In the past, many fishing boats in Penghu also operated in relevant sea areas, and sometimes it was inevitable that they would cross the border, but the two sides of the strait have always been at peace and sound. Since 20 May, Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te, Mainland Affairs Council Vice Chairman Liang Wen-chieh, and responsible person of the defense department Gu Li-hsiung have repeatedly hyped up the "new two-state theory." It is reasonable for the mainland to open up the "two-state theory."
Moreover, the Taiwan authorities have never spared a hand on mainland fishermen. On June 26, a mainland fishing boat entered 23 nautical miles northwest of Magonghujing and was seized by the Penghu Coast Patrol, and all 100 kilograms of fish were thrown into the sea. The DPP applauded from top to bottom, but showed no pity for the compatriots.
The cross-strait relations have come to this-for-tat point, and the Lai Qingde authorities must bear full responsibility. The escalation of the mainland's coast guard action is a continuation of Kinmen's new law enforcement model and is also a warning to the DPP's recent movements; Lai Qingde has been in office for just one month, and he has clamored that "peace can only be achieved by strength." In the face of the mainland's 22-point "Opinions" on punishing "independence," he still looks like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water. It is necessary for the mainland to further reduce the living space of "Taiwan independence" elements.
The escalation of law enforcement by the mainland coast guard also confirms the remark of Ambassador Lu Shaye to France that Chinese mainland has the right to take back Taiwan's governance rights at any time. Sooner or later, the two sides of the strait will be reunified, and it is necessary to start with the jurisdiction, law enforcement, and administrative power of the Taiwan Strait, so that the Taiwan authorities can get used to the mainland's leadership in advance, so that the integration of the two sides of the strait will be smoother.