China Sends Coast Guard Vessels East Amid Japan-Philippines Talks; Taiwan Affairs Office Repeats Old Rhetoric
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As Japan and the Philippines initiate negotiations on their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf boundaries, China has responded with strong dissatisfaction, deploying coast guard vessels for "law enforcement patrols" east of Taiwan. Chinese Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian reiterated calls for people on both sides of the strait to "stand on the side of the nation" and "jointly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity."