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On Wednesday (Oct. 28), China's Taiwan Affairs Office Speaker Zhu Fenglian (朱鳳蓮) called the use of a water cannon by the Taiwanese Coast Guard on Chinese fishing boats "barbaric" and "inhumane."
On Wednesday (Oct. 28), China's Taiwan Affairs Office Speaker Zhu Fenglian (朱鳳蓮) called the use of a water cannon by the Taiwanese Coast Guard on Chinese fishing boats "barbaric" and "inhumane."
Speaking at a press conference, Zhu said that when Taiwan's Coast Guard "savagely drove them away," the fishing boats were seeking refuge from strong winds.
On Oct. 23, more than 20 Chinese fishing boats were spotted by the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) gathering in the waters off Xiji Islet in the Penghu Islands.
The 3,000-ton Yilan-class vessel was immediately dispatched by the CGA to Kaohsiung, and the crew used a water cannon to eject the fishing boats from Taiwan's maritime territory, CNA said.
Taiwans Coast guard administration realesed two videos. One via its official channel of the incidence of the confrontation between chinese ships and Taiwanese costs gurads.
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